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Black swans, white swans: who wants to sail to the inside with me? Design for a client-centered group module for people with low self-esteem

FROM THE PRACTICEDelft, Kees van, & Kok, Eli - 46–3 (2008)

SUMMARY

When it comes to short therapy within the client-centered approach of psychotherapy, a client’s low self esteem is not seldom a time consuming impediment. To increase efficiency, the first thing to look for would be a specific group oriented intervention. This essay presents a design for such a group module that is based on the client-centered approach. We describe a few theoretical choices that form the foundation for this module, and pay extensive attention to how it may be put to work. It becomes apparent that the client-centered approach has the right tools at hand to tackle the problem of low self esteem.

KEYWORDS

Restoring the experiential balance, physical experiencing, process-oriented approach, speeding up the process, focusing, contact with internal and external soundboard

The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.