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CLINICAL CAPABILITIES
SYMPTOM-FOCUSED
>Identifies symptom(s) concretely by revisiting occurrences.
>Explicit agreement w/client about target(s) of change.
>Remains oriented to identified symptom(s).
PURSUES PSP DISCOVERY
>Pursues PSP discovery promptly.
>Maintains pro-symptom focus.
>Communicates coherence empathy.
>Does not counteract.
>Goes to at least 3rd-order in depth: PSP's purpose.
RECOGNIZES PSP MARKERS & STRUCTURE
>Recognizes pro-symptom significance of emerging material.
>Recognizes functional & functionless symptoms.
>Redefines symptom as appropriate.
WORKS EXPERIENTIALLY
>Creates emotionally vivid experiences.
>Deepens along linkages.
>Uses limbic language.
>Does not interpret.
USES BASIC TECHNIQUES APPROPRIATELY
>Overt statement
>Direct empathic eliciting
>Symptom deprivation
>Sentence completion
>Imaginal interaction
>First time felt this way
>Two-step
>Cycling
>Who else?
EMBODIES STANCE OF COHERENCE THERAPY
>Process directive/active intentionality
>Freedom to clarify
>Phenomenological/anthropologist's view
>Powerlessness
PURSUES PSP INTEGRATION
>Stays there
>Actively creates series of integration experiences
>Prompts connecting up and agency
>Prompts pro/anti synthesis
PURSUES PSP TRANSFORMATION
>Recognizes spontaneous juxtaposition
>Recognizes juxtaposition opportunities
>Initiates deliberate juxtaposition
>Repetition of juxtaposition
>Verifies via symptom cessation
>Verifies via PSP reactivation attempt
BETWEEN-SESSION TASKS
>Creates and tailors effective tasks
>Crafts effective phrasing on cards
>Follows up on tasks in next session
RECOGNIZES RESISTANCE & APPLIES COHERENCE THERAPY TO IT
>Resistance to discovery
>Resistance to integration
>Resistance to transformation
APPLIES COHERENCE THERAPY EFFECTIVELY FOR:
>Anxiety/Panic
>Depression
>Low self-esteem
>Anger
>Codependency
>Addictive/compulsive behavior
>Grief and bereavement problems
>Procrastination
COMMON FACTORS
>Generates empathy, positive regard, appropriate self-disclosure,
transparency
>Repairs ruptures
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING
>Symptom coherence
>Constructs and constructivism
>The experience principle
>Pro-symptom/Anti-symptom model
>Methodology of creating discovery experiences
>Methodology of creating integration experiences
>Methodology of creating transformation experiences
>Working experientially
>Limbic verbalization
>Trauma
>Stance of Coherence Therapy:
--Process directive/active intentionality
--Freedom to clarify
--Phenomenological/anthropologist's view
--Powerlessness
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