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From: Ellen-Marie Silverman
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Time: 19:08:53 -0500
Remote Name: 205.188.116.144
[[I was wondering what specific techniques could be used in a therapy setting? and techniques that would be helpful for younger children.]] >>> Dear Ms. Raney, your questions about applicable techniques reminds me of the play by Luigi Pirandello, "Six Characters in Search of an Author." Catchy title; isn't it? Kind of jarring because we don't believe fully formed characters seek playwrights to write plays. We believe authors develop characters to serve their mission of exploring a particular theme, circumstance, or possibility. And that constitutes the genesis of a play, not developed characters. Proceeding from thesis to a compelling exposition of that thesis, i,e., the play itself, makes sense to us as the way to write a play. And so it is with therapy: Many therapists operate from a theory of causation which leads to the selection of procedures, or, techniques, to realize the goals the client chooses to address. So, it seems that once, therapist and client and/or caregiver select long-term and short-term goals, selection of the implements, i.e., techniques and procedures, become inevitable, i.e., no-brainers. >>> I'm not sure I answered your question, Natalie. Sorry, if I didn't, but I hope you will reflect more on the need to begin treatment from a working theory (for children and adults). Then you will reallize that is what directs you to the choice of techniques. --- Ellen-Marie Silverman