Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC
Chairwork Psychotherapy is a dynamic experiential modality that entails: (a) inviting a patient to sit in one chair in order to have an imaginal encounter with someone from...
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Working With the Four Dialogues: Using Chairwork in Clinical Practice
“I would like to invite you to move to this chair and I would like you to speak from your heart and speak from your pain. (Giving Voice)
“I sense that holding this secret inside for...
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Transformational Chairwork: The Four Dialogue Matrix
A central irony of Chairwork is that Chair-work has nothing to do with chairs. Chairwork is based on the belief that there...
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“When I Think Of Your Suffering I Feel….”: On Dialogues And Self-Compassion In Schema Therapy
A paper on Compassion-Centered Chairwork that builds on the work of Dr. Kristen Neff and the work of Dr. Paul Gilbert. This can be used with with patients and it can be used as a self-practice.
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“I Want To Sort This Out Myself”: Using Chairwork As A Personal Practice
A series of Chairwork Psychotherapy practices for:
Understanding the experiences of others;
Working with ambivalence or mixed feelings toward others;
Working with mixed...
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Dialogical Encounters: Contemporary Perspectives on “Chairwork” in Psychotherapy
Scott Kellogg, PhD
Transformational Chairwork Psychotherapy Project
Citation: Kellogg, S. H. (2004). Dialogical encounters: Contemporary perspectives on “chairwork” in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy:...
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