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Paradox Outta Da Box
by nsobel19
Welcome to the Asylum of Paradox, where we're broadcasting live! Join Eliot Kaplan, Ph.D., Naftoli Sobel, LCSW, and others in the field as they delve into the worlds most dangerous therapy - Paradox Psychology. Discover how this revolutionary therapy overcomes treatment resistance and more through the key ingredient to therapy - the therapeutic alliance. Tune in to explore the power of paradox - why it works, when to apply it, and how to harness its potential for transformative healing. To learn more or contact us visit Paradoxpsychology.com
Episodes
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#67- Empty Chair / Parts Work: What’s Really Going On?
Therapy has various techniques to help clients address trauma and disowned aspects of the self. Among the most popular are the ‘Empty Chair’ technique and ‘Parts Integration Work’. In the 1960’s, Gestalt Therapy, developed by Fritz Perls promoted the Empty Chair technique. Here the client…
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#66- What Makes Narcissists So Loveable
hat’s the secret that makes narcissists so loveable? Some might say it’s having an unreasonable degree of self-importance; the feeling of being superior, so that one can ‘look down’ at others. Maybe it’s their lack of personal awareness and difficulty adapting to change? Or is it the need to be...
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#65- Guilt and Shame
‘Guilt and shame’ are common feelings that are part of the human experience and are regularly addressed in the process of therapy. Animals who live by their limiting and rigid instincts do not suffer from the internal struggle of these emotions. It is the struggle around these emotions that is...
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# 64- Quantum Leaps vs Horse & Buggy Therapy
For the most part therapists view the process of change as occurring in a linear step-by-step manner. We envision change as happening when we help the client ‘put one foot in front of the other’ until he finally reaches his stated goal. And from within a logical framework, this seems to make a…
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#63- What’s Wrong with Motivational Interviewing?
Of all the years, I’ve been doing therapy I have not once ever heard anyone say a bad word about Motivational Interviewing! Call me cynical… but if you can’t find at least one thing wrong with a therapy modality, - then that’s a major ‘red flag’! Fortunately, this podcast will finally bring MI…
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#62- Sexualized Bullying Intervention – ‘Live’ Video Analysis
This is a follow-up to last week’s podcast (61) Bullying: For or Against? In this week’s episode we will analyze and review a successful 3 session paradoxical intervention conducted by Dr. Kaplan with a group of teenage boys who were involved in escalating sexualized behavior, living in a...
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# 61- Bullying: For or Against?
Bullying ain’t what it used to be! In the old days the bully used to be one of the big kids in class. He could intimidate and push other kids around, and nobody messed with him. During recess he could target the smaller kids, who were no match for him, and could easily take away their lunch…
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#60-ACT Made Simple
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) was developed in the 1980s by psychologist Steven C. Hayes. His ideas emerged from his own personal struggle with panic attacks. Eventually, he recognized that it was not productive to avoid or run from his own discomfort. He vowed that he would learn to...
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# 59- When Nothing is Working… What Now?
Just as in any profession, we as therapists’ want to be successful in our work. But in therapy, how do we define and measure ‘success’? Usually we use our insight, intuition, and techniques to coax and persuade our clients to take the next step forward. When the client moves forward, we express…
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#58- What Exactly Does ‘Repairing Trauma’ Mean?
Many therapists’ often view their role as ‘helping the client repair trauma.’ But what does this exactly mean? What is the trauma that needs repair? Does this refer to repairing thoughts, emotions, relationships, perception, self-esteem, being present? Did I miss any? And if you say - repairing...
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#57- Is Therapy Hard or Easy to Do?
If you ask most therapists whether doing therapy is ‘hard or easy’ the majority would say that “Doing therapy is hard”. After all, it’s not so easy to get people to change their behavior. You have to convince, encourage, motivate, or reward them. And with a little luck - maybe, maybe, change will...
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#56- YO MOMMA Trauma!!
One of the biggest issues in therapy is working through childhood trauma. Our development during childhood is significant since these early experiences formulate our most basic assumptions of who we are, the nature of the world, and whether our very existence is safe or in danger. In many ways…
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#55-Deconstructing CBT – Why Does It Work?
Everybody knows CBT works. Research indicates positive results, and it is often described as an ‘evidence based treatment’. However, the question is – Why does it work? There have been efforts to ‘deconstruct’ CBT’ and break down treatment videos in order to isolate and identify those aspect(s)...
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#54- CHATcbgb is Amazing! Right?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still in its early stages. But by all accounts, it is already the next major phase in the ongoing technological revolution. With AI’s help, we already have driverless cars, and robots that can perform complicated surgeries, among other advances. Corporate…
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#53- Treating OCD: Does ERP Really Work?
There’s a treatment called Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Therapists who work with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) know all about it. It’s a specialized form of CBT that is used to treat anxiety and OCD issues. Unfortunately, it has become a ‘cornerstone’ of OCD treatment. On the...
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#52-The Psychedelic Craze
So the big question is if treatment using psychedelics is here to stay or whether it’s a ‘flash in the pan’. Those who advocate for it claim that it lowers habitual defenses in a way that allows the mind the neuroplasticity to expand. This often allows for a new perspective on blockages and...
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#51-Lawfare, Malpractice, & Power Struggles
We don’t often hear about this topic in seminars or training. This is one of those things that most of us don’t want to think about. The hope is - If we don’t think about it, maybe we won’t ever have to deal with it. Usually if there is some kind of difficulty, we try to work with the client to...
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50) Top Down or Bottom Up
Which type of therapist are you? Are you more the ‘expert’ therapist that guides your client in a ‘top down’ approach to behave in an appropriate manner, think more rational, or see things in a more realistic way. Or are you more the ‘explorer’ type who works from the ‘bottom up’ to help realign...
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#49-Ecstatic About Somatic
Many therapists might think that Somatic therapy is new to the therapy scene. However, Fritz Perls from Gestalt Therapy incorporated many somatic type interventions in facilitating his work. Often he would tell clients, “Lose your mind, and come to your senses!” The direction of therapy would…
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#48- Digging for Childhood Trauma
Therapy has evolved quite a bit since the 1970’s and ‘80’s. Even at that point psycho-analysis no longer had a monopoly on therapy. While John Bowlby had already introduced his work regarding parent-child attachment, its significance was not yet recognized. Back then, behavioral therapy and CBT…
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#47 -Joking & Absurdity in Therapy
Everyone knows that therapy is serious business. We help people from broken families with broken dreams to put back the broken pieces of their lives. So suggesting that there is a place for ‘joking and absurdity’ in therapy may seem a bit counter-intuitive. However, ultimately it is the client’s...
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#46 - Treating Big Bad Teens
The problem with teenagers is that they are neither here nor there. Sometimes they act like adults and sometimes like children. For therapists’ this can be challenging because we don’t always know who will show up. On the positive side, teens have a lot of energy, that when channeled in the right...
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# 45 -Therapist’s Use of Self
Therapists often seek to learn about new modalities and gain innovative skills designed to improve their practice. While searching for new methods is certainly important, what often goes unaddressed is the ‘other side of the coin’. This ‘other side’, refers to the therapist’s ability to trust his...
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#44 - From Suffering to Relief
People often enter therapy because they experience emotional or psychological ‘suffering’ in their life. As therapists’ our goal is to relieve suffering. However, what does ‘suffering’ actually mean? Is ‘suffering’ based more on behavior, emotions, thoughts, or trauma from childhood? Often the…
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#43 - Getting Client to ‘Buy In’
As part of therapy it is common to hear therapists looking for ways to get the client to ‘buy in’ to the treatment process. Some try to convince the client that it to their benefit, some offer rewards, and some will warn of the negative consequences. But essentially the hope is to figure out how…
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#42 Couples and Family Therapy Made EZ
Many therapists get overwhelmed even just thinking about doing couple or family therapy. Offhand it seems much easier to do individual therapy where the therapist can focus all his attention - without distraction - on the client. However, the problem with individual therapy is that we are hearing...
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#41- Treating Enuresis And Encopresis
Bed wetting and Encopresis are common problems in childhood. Many times a child may just grow out of it. However, sometimes parents become concerned depending on the age of the child, or how long the issue persists. Some parents resort to medication, and some try behavioral techniques. There are...
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#40- Suicidal ideation and Threats-
Therapists must be very sensitive in handling suicidal ideation and threats. The main and primary factor in working with such ideation is taking away the person's underlying experience of being alone. In order to help people with suicidal ideation, it is important to quickly convey a personal...
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#38- I Am, Therefore I Think
DeCarte said, “I think, therefore I am”. As a result, many people have tried using their internal process of thinking through ‘self-affirmations’ to think differently. Some work very hard to convince their mind to change negative beliefs and thought patterns. Inevitably such affirmations don’t…
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# 42- Couple and Family Therapy Made EZ
Many therapists get overwhelmed even just thinking about doing couple or family therapy. Offhand it seems much easier to do individual therapy where the therapist can focus all his attention - without distraction - on the client. However, the problem with individual therapy is that we are hearing...
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#38 The Incompetent Therapist
As therapists, we all want to be 'competent'. But it sometimes our very desire to be competent that gets in the way of allowing the client to grow and discover their own solutions. At times the direction the client needs to go is obvious to us. However by giving the client OUR answer, we take…
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# 37 – Gloria x 3 therapists Rogers, Perls, Ellis
In 1965, Gloria (a patient) met for a half-hour session with 3 well known therapists of that time; Carl Rogers (Client Centered Therapy), Fritz Perls (Gestalt Therapy), and Albert Ellis (Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy – REBT). In this podcast we get to explore a shortened video version of...
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# 36 – Transference and Counter-transference – C. Rogers / M. Linehan
t is important to be aware of transference and counter-transference. Transference is when the client projects on to the therapist emotions and perceptions they may have experienced earlier in life. Often a client may see the therapist as having similar qualities to that of a parent. At the same...
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#35 – Avatar Therapy
Here we explore a direction in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is being used to advance therapy. A brief video showed how a computer avatar could be used to help people diagnosed with schizophrenia, and who had been previously paralyzed by critical and debilitating voices in their...
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#34 – The Full Roleplay
In this podcast I do a 20 minute roleplay with a regular participant to the podcast. Although he tries a few attempts to get me ‘off track’, I remain in the ‘here & now’ and coach him how to better avoid ‘being responsible’. After the roleplay, I and the participant review the ‘session’ and…
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#33- The Grande Illusion
The Grand Illusion refers to the fact that while we each experience our ‘reality’ as being a separate individual, in truth we are all included as part of the greater unified universe. So in essence our existence in the world is to overcome the Grand Illusion that we are separate and alone. This...
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# 32- The Heart of the Matter
Many of us have gone for various training and learned techniques designed to move the client forward. However if the focus of the therapy gets wrapped up in perfecting the technique, then we can often get stuck in the skill or tool and lose sight of the person in front of us. In this podcast we...
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# 31 – Does Therapy have to be WORK?
Most people assumption that the process of therapy is ‘hard work’ – that inevitably takes a lot of time and a lot of effort. The analogy of ‘pushing a car up a long hill’ is often used to describe how therapy works. If the client keeps pushing and pushing, then eventually he will reach the top of...
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# 30 Pdxi - Is Attachment evidence based
For the most part, the field of psychology has attempted to change patterns of behavior by targeting the behavior itself. This is the focus of Behavioral therapy through rewards and punishment, as well as rational or cognitive approaches that appeal to linear logic to influence a change in...
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# 29 Anxiety and Panic Attacks
There are some physicians who believe that anxiety is due to a ‘valium deficiency’… In our fast paced and unpredictable world, it is quite common for people to experience some degree of anxiety. In feeling anxiety a person wants to jump out of his skin in an effort to get 2 steps ahead of…
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# 28 Treating Addictions
The opposite of addiction is not ‘sobriety’ rather it is ‘connection’. Essentially when people experience trauma, their experience around the lack of connection feels too painful. As a way to escape the pain, people turn to ways that let them ‘zone out, tune out, and numb out’. Sometimes avoiding...
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# 27 Emotional Focused Therapy – EFT
The advantage of EFT is that by focusing on client emotions we are able to bypass the ‘linear and logical’ defenses of the conscious mind. Since emotions are neither ‘right nor wrong’, couples are better able to share their feelings without the need to be defensive. This in turn allows partners…
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#26 Working in Here & Now
The past is yesterday and the future is tomorrow. So the reality of life is we only have today. The better a person can be present in the here & now, the more fully he is able to live. This means that real change and growth can only happen in the ‘here & now’. Fritz Perls (Gestalt Therapy) spoke...
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#25 Bullying 2
In this episode we see the 2 follow up sessions (Videos 2 and 3) and the outcome of the intervention. By shifting attachment in a non-threatening way, the boys take it upon themselves to undo problematic behavior. As the therapist, Dr. Kaplan is the catalyst for change, but the boys get full…
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# 24 Boxing the Bully
Many schools struggle with the problem of bullying. Often the plan is to punish the 'behavior' so the child will stop. The hope is that by bringing in his parents or threatening school suspension, this will solve the problem. This video takes a completely different turn. It explores the power and...
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#23 OCD
Therapists agree that underlying anxiety is at the core of OCD. Underlying abandonment and fear of isolation often cause a person to form an OCD behavior that attempts to soothe the anxiety. However such OCD behavior can be debilitating as it can affect relationships with family and work…
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# 22 Humor in therapy
Video 22 - Humor in therapy How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: One. But the lightbulb has to really really want to change!... The best therapy is not always linear and logical. Sometimes in countering clients who are 'stuck in a rut', it works best to offer 'absurd'...
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#21 Imposter Syndrome
21 Imposter Syndrome - It is not uncommon for therapists to have a nagging sense of 'Imposter Syndrome'. We are often reminded by the media, school teachers, parents, the medical profession, etc. that our 'job' is to get kids, teenagers, and beyond to change their behavior. Unfortunately the...
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#20 Treatment Burnout
Many therapists assume that it's their job to help the client change behavior. As a result many get stressed out and disappointed when their client(s) do not follow their agenda. However, the absolute reality is that it is impossible to change someone else's behavior. And that is because the…
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#19 Couple & Family Therapy Made EZ
When couples and family therapy is successful, many therapists often don't know what turned the tide. The answer is simple. The couple / family felt the therapist joined and accepted them. By 'entering' into the family, the therapist changes the dynamic of the whole system, which thereby allows...
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Welcome to the Asylum of Paradox, where we're broadcasting live! Join Eliot Kaplan, Ph.D., Naftoli Sobel, LCSW, and others in the field as they delve into the worlds most dangerous therapy - Paradox Psychology. Discover how this revolutionary therapy overcomes treatment resistance and more through the key ingredient to therapy - the therapeutic alliance. Tune in to explore the power of paradox - why it works, when to apply it, and how to harness its potential for transformative healing. To learn more or contact us visit Paradoxpsychology.com
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nsobel19
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