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Attack therapy is one of several pseudo-therapeutic methods described in the book Crazy Therapies.It involves highly confrontational interaction between the patient and a "therapist" or between the patient and fellow patients during group therapy, in which the patient may be verbally abused, denounced, or humiliated by the therapist or other members of the group.
In psychology, the self-confrontation method (SCM), developed by Hubert Hermans, is a technique for examining people's behavior modification.It relies on people's inconsistent knowledge and dissatisfaction with their own values, motivation, behaviors, or with their personal meaning systems and those of significant others.
Intervention can also refer to the act of using a similar technique within a therapy session. Interventions have been used to address serious personal problems, including alcohol use disorder , compulsive gambling , substance use disorder, compulsive eating and other eating disorders , self harm and being the victim of abuse .
Examples include having your parents treat you as a therapist, having access to the whole internet and films/TV of any rating and subject matter, being told "you're so mature for your age" but in ...
Holding therapy involves a child being firmly held and/or lain upon by therapists or parents. Through this process of restraint and confrontation, therapists seek to produce in the child a range of responses such as rage and despair with the goal of achieving catharsis.
Many people of color and marginalized groups are averse to receiving talk therapy, especially among Hispanic, Black, and Asian adults. This is due to distrust of the medical system, concerns about ...
CBT-exposure therapy refers to the direct confrontation of feared objects, activities, or situations by a patient. For example, a woman with PTSD who fears the location where she was assaulted may be assisted by her therapist in going to that location and directly confronting those fears. [ 93 ]
Use of a "respectful, reflective approach" described in motivational interviewing and applied as motivational enhancement therapy, rather than by argumentation, the accusation of "being in denial", and direct confrontations, lead to the motivation to change and avoid the resistance and denial, or reactance, elicited by strong direct confrontation.