Wednesday, December 5, 2018

My Approach to Clinical Psychology, as Expressed through the Four Statement Types

Interrogative
What’s happening?
What’s the problem?
What’s the tension between?
What do you want?

Exclamatory
Everything is meeting and it’s a big mess!
We keep hitting walls and falling into holes!
We’re feeling torn apart and run around!
We have needs and desires and insecurities so we want power and that can make us fearful urgent jerks!

Declarative
It’s helpful to frame your experiences in life in terms of encounters.
In encounters, we get tripped up when we face a negativity (problem, limitation, possibility).
It’s helpful to frame the negativity as a tension that requires resolution or accommodation.
Our actions in encounters are motivated and complicated by power dynamics, including our own desire for power.

Imperative
Take stock.
Manage the emptiness.
Manage the tensions.
Manage your power.

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