SOCRATIC QUESTIONING Used to challenge stuckpoints. Helping not telling (the wisdom is within the person) Guided discovery.
{"Image DocumentName": "SOCRATIC QUESTIONINGUsed to challenge stuckpoints. Helping not telling (the wisdom is within the person) Guided discovery.", "Image ImageDescription": "Getting patient to ask the questions themselves. Helping them become aware of inconsistencies. ABC\u2019s. Ask. Be on their team. Think Critically about their logic. I don\u2019t see the point in asking all these questions. I could have pointed out the flaws in the client\u2019s thinking and changed her mind much more quickly by taking a more direct route! In the best CT, there is no answer. There are only good questions that guide discovery of a million different indivdual answers. Socratic questioning: A cognitive therapy technique in which the therapist asks leading questions to assist the patient in challenging the accuracy of his/her thinking and rectifying inaccurate thought patterns in a way that alleviates psychological distress. Six categories of Socratic questioning: \u2022 Clarification - Tell me more questions which help patients examine their beliefs/assumptions on a deeper level and provide information necessary for the therapist to fully understand the situation. \u2022 Probing assumptions \u2013 Why and How questions designed to challenge patients\u2019 presuppositions and unquestioned beliefs. \u2022 Probing reasons and evidence \u2013 Questions that assist patients in looking at the actual evidence behind their beliefs. This is a similar process to probing assumptions. \u2022 Questioning viewpoints and perspectives \u2013 Challenging patients\u2019 position through asking questions about alternative viewpoints and perspectives. \u2022 Analyzing implications and consequences \u2013 Questions that help the patient examine the potential outcomes of his/her beliefs to see if they are desirable or even make sense. \u2022 Questions about the question \u2013 A technique of responding when the therapist is directly questioned by the patient. Instead of providing an answer to the question, the therapist responds with another question that returns the focus back on the patient.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}