ABSTRACT
Intertwined interventions occur when the therapist connects two or more skills in one sentence or statement. The therapist may combine a paraphrase with an open question, a summary with a closed question, or a confrontation with immediacy. The potential for adding breadth and depth to the discussion with these advanced skills is endless. These interventions provide speed and clarity to the therapy session. It is not possible to list or stratify each of the various combinations of skills that might be present in all of the possible intertwined interventions, so one arbitrarily chose several different variations to show the utility and power of combining skills in a purposeful way, building a new skill, and sending a more therapeutic statement or question to the client. However, anchoring the therapist's lead on what the client has already said, reflected in different words, helps to show the client how the therapist arrived at the notion he or she did.
