Dealing with Chronicity Workshop

Dealing with Chronicity Workshop

Despite the claims made by so many trainees of "alphabet therapies" (NLP, EMDR, EFT, TFT, IEMT, PPT, etc) the reality is that there are indeed clients who cannot be helped, won't be helped or are simply unhelpable by conventional methodologies and practices. This is a one day workshop exploring the various manifestations of patterns of chronicity that were raised in the practitioner training. Using a combination of case studies, role play and practical exercises, the nature and experience of chronicity will be explored and practical interventions offered.

Areas covered:

• Hopeless Cases, Heartsink Patients and Regular Attenders
• Workplace: Tackling the Chronically Absent Employee
• The Structure of The Sick Role and Cross Cultural Differences
• The Games of Therapy Junkies
• Patterns of Munchausen's Syndrome and Factitious Disorders
• Dealing with Complaining and Confrontational Clients

The 5 Primary Patterns of Chronicity

1. Three Stage Abreaction Process

• Stage 1. Signal (Implied Threat of Emotion)
• Stage 2. Increased Amplitude of Signal (Direct Threat of Emotion)
• Stage 3. Abreaction (Punishment)

 

2. The Great Big “What if... “ Question
Yes, but, what if [A], then [B], which means [C]

3. The Maybe Man Phenomena
The Maybe Man is uncertain of his own experience and this leaks out into his language. By remaining uncertain and vague he does not commit to his experience or to his identity.

4. Testing for Existence of The Problem Rather Than Testing for Change
Even though 99% improvement might be made, if the person with chronicity is able to locate just 1% of the problem existing, this will generally be seen as representative of 100% of the problem existing.

5. Being “At Effect” rather than “Being At Cause”
By being “at effect” the person experiences emotional problems happening to them, rather than being something that happens by them. A person “at effect” will seek treatment rather than seek change.