More Specific RC Techniques

• Frameworks
• Synopses
• Counselor contradicting the client's distress
• Client contradicting his or her own distress
• Contradicting different components of the distress (tone of voice, facial expression, posture)
• Taking a different role than usual in the recording
• Telling the story--early memories
• Making up stories, using fantasies for occluded material
• Scorning fear
• Over-exaggerating fear
• Expressing terror cheerfully
• "First thought"--flash answers Interrupting control patterns
• Checking for identifications
• Telling dreams
• Speaking to God or to one's "dear departed"
• Two people making lists of what each one wants in their relationship, etc.
• Early sexual memories
• Early memories about money
• Early memories of people with a different skin color, religion, gender, etc.
• Physical struggling with the counselor in an agreed-upon way
• Attention to the counselor (to the environment when client has little attention available)
• Random memories--factual memories, pleasant memories, little upsets
• Rapid review of related experiences Re-telling an incident of powerlessness in a powerful role
• Aware physical contact and closeness Appearing to "over-meet" a "frozen need"
• Taking just a small step out of a heavy negative feeling ("I'm not the worst person who has ever lived.")
• Standing guard
• For stutterers: have them repeat the one word they never stutter to enthusiastic applause over and over
• Exaggerated overagreeing with the content of the client's distress with a tone of great seriousness
• "I wish" for... (stating goals)
• "The generalized understatement"
• The exchange of roles
• The Reality Agreement