Compliance, defiance, and therapeutic paradox: Guidelines for strategic use of paradoxical interventions.
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 51 (3) , 454-467
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1981.tb01393.x
Abstract
Strategies and tactics in apparent opposition to desired therapeutic goals are discussed in the context of brief problems-focused therapy. Two types of paradoxical intervention are differentiated: in one, change follows from attempted compliance with a therapeutic directive; in the other, change follows from defiance. Brehm's reactance theory and the Palo Alto brief therapy model offer guidelines for the use of such strategies.Keywords
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