Brief Report: On an Exercise for Training Beginning Marital and Family Therapists in Language Skills

Latz, Martha

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1996.tb00191.x

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“…Adopting language that is more consistent with the client's way of thinking increases a practitioner's effectiveness (Bandler & Grinder, 1975;Latz, 1996;Rogers, 1957;Watzlawick, 1978;Watzlawick et al, 1974;Wickman, 1999). Familiarity with conceptual metaphor provides a method for developing and using such language; moreover, the counselor is able to hear previously unrecognized richness in client language and respond in kind.…”

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A “Primer” in Conceptual Metaphor for Counselors

Wickman¹,

Daniels²,

White³

et al. 1999

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Conceptual metaphor provides a potentially powerful counseling framework, generalizable across theoretical orientations. According to the conceptual perspective, metaphor is not merely a matter of language, but is an indispensable dimension of human understanding and experience whereby more abstract ideas (like relationships) are understood in terms of more concrete experiences (like journeys). Consequently, when a couple in counseling says, "we're just spinning our wheels," they are not only using a common colloquial expression, but also giving information about how they conceptualize their relationship. This article provides a theoretical foundation for use of conceptual metaphor and offers examples of its potential for counseling.

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A “Primer” in Conceptual Metaphor for Counselors

Wickman¹,

Daniels²,

White³

et al. 1999

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…This was not an easy task. Latz (1996) and Messmore (2002) identified that a challenge of systemic therapy is learning to listen and use the language of the people we meet. Using White's (2007) notion of developing a particular, experience-near definition of the problem, conversations are directed at replacing professional jargon with client-directed language.…”

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Standing Up to the Black Cloud: Case Example of Narrative Therapy in the Motor Vehicle Sector

Gibson

2015

Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation

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Using a case study, this article presents narrative therapy as an effective psychotherapy practice for work with victims of motor vehicle accidents. By troubling the standard cognitive behavioral approaches as deficit focused, narrative therapy is outlined as an approach that is focused on the skills and values present in the client's life; it is an approach that allows the client to take authorship over his or her concerns and enact change. This article is meant to be an example of narrative therapy's usefulness and open space for conversation about rehabilitation therapies that focus less on structure and more on strength.

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“…Next, they listened to the audio along with the visual portion. Latz (1996) described a similar training exercise that was designed to increase beginning therapists' understanding of the idiosyncratic manner in which they and their clients applied and understood language. In the first part of the exercise, students listened to an audio portion of a video clip of a film without the visual accompaniment.…”

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Do We Really Understand? An Experiential Exercise for Training Family Therapists

Helmeke¹,

Prouty²

2001

J Marital Family Therapy

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This paper presents an experiential exercise for training beginning marriage and family therapists, as well as several adaptations of the format. The basic exercise consists of role playing a therapy session in which the people playing the clients speak a language that is not understood by the therapist-in-training. Although the therapist cannot understand the clients, the clients can understand the therapist. This exercise assists students to become more cognizant of the need to be cautious and curious in the cocreation of meaning in therapy. In addition, this exercise builds confidence and clinical skills, such as learning about nonverbal communication while observing process.

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Brief Report: On an Exercise for Training Beginning Marital and Family Therapists in Language Skills

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

A “Primer” in Conceptual Metaphor for Counselors

A “Primer” in Conceptual Metaphor for Counselors

Standing Up to the Black Cloud: Case Example of Narrative Therapy in the Motor Vehicle Sector

Do We Really Understand? An Experiential Exercise for Training Family Therapists

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