forum #4

forum #4

Jane made the initial contact, stating that she needed help with her boys, and she wondered if the therapist would see her with them? The symbolic-experiential therapist asked if Jane were a single parent and who else might be in the family. Jane noted that she was married to Paul and had two older children, both girls, but insisted that the problem was really between her and the two boys.
Expereintial therapy focuses on the here and now and the therapists authenticity and reaction to the family. Whitaker believed that the person of the therapist is the main therapeutic factor that facilitates change within a family. He did not use planned techniques or structured exercises but placed emphasis on being with a family. His interventions were aimed at challenging the symbolic meaning that people gave to events. In his view, the ability to be caring, vital, firm, and unpredictable is a more effective therapeutic instrument than any technical strategies (Whitaker & Bumberry, 1998).
Still, there are some interventions that seem to reoccur regularly in Whitaker’s work, play, therapeutic sharing paradox and double messages (double binds). Whitaker used silence to let therapy be, to let it percolate. “Silence is its own communication”.
what are some ways of working with this family as an experiential therapist over during several session? Explain your interventions and provide rationalizations. After posting respond to all colleague

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