ABSTRACT

A number of techniques used in CBT and other approaches, organized in a structured format and sequence, while keeping the Socratic style and guided discovery of standard CT, were incorporated in Trial I, namely: empty chair approach, imagery rescript, downward arrow, examining the evidence, defense attorney, sentence reversal, upward arrow, developing a more positive schema, and positive self-statements logs. Trial I is often repeated in the form of an appeal, usually one week after careful use of the positive data log by means of the metaphor “preparation for the appeal” as homework, so that the patient is better prepared to face the demands of the internal prosecutor (similar to Gestalt’s inner critic). The distinctive practical feature of Trial I resides in that 12 effective CBT and other approach’s techniques (see Chapter 9) are integrated in a specific sequence, in 7 steps, one enhancing the other. Besides Socratic dialogue, guided discovery and the empty chair approach, other techniques are described below.