ABSTRACT
As a collective, chairwork techniques are grounded in three overarching principles. This chapter introduces the first of these: self-multiplicity. Self-multiplicity refers to the idea the self is composed of multiple, interacting ‘self-parts’, a notion which has been widely accepted in CBT. Chairwork begins by identifying which parts of the client’s experience will form the focus of the intervention. These self-parts are then differentiated and concretised through their placement in separate seats.
