Directives

13 articles in this category.

• Designing Metaphoric Tasks for Clients Who Resist Direct Advice
• Follow-Up Strategies: What to Do When the Client Forgets the Homework
• How to Frame a Directive So the Client Actually Does It
• How to Give a Directive Through a Third Party: The Message Technique
• How to Use the Devil's Pact to Secure Commitment Before Revealing the Task
• Step-by-Step: Constructing a Penance Directive for Guilt-Ridden Clients
• The Art of the Absurd Directive in Breaking Rigid Family Rules
• The Do Nothing Directive: When and How to Tell Clients to Wait
• The Illusion of Alternatives: Giving Choices That Lead to the Same Goal
• The Pretend Technique: Asking Clients to Fake Their Symptom
• Timing Your Interventions: When to Deliver the Task During the Session
• Using Small Step Directives to Build Momentum in Depressed Clients
• Writing Strategic Letters: A Tool for Long-Distance Interventions