11.2.1. Outline: Active Expression Tasks: Two Chair
Work
|
Task Marker |
Intervention |
End State |
|
Self-Evaluative Split (Criticizing or pushing self; tornness) |
Two-Chair Dialogue |
Self-acceptance, integration |
|
Self-Interruption Split (Blocked feelings, resignation) |
Two-Chair Enactment |
Self-expression, empowerment |
|
Unfinished Business (Lingering bad feeling re: significant other) |
Empty Chair Work |
Let go of resentments, unmet needs re:
other; affirm self; understand or hold other accountable |
Materials designed to
accompany the book Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy: The
Process-Experiential Approach to Change from APA Books.
©2003 Robert Elliott, Jeanne Watson, Rhonda Goldman, and Leslie Greenberg
http://www.process-experiential.org/learning