T10 |
And as a world becomes safer, and she protects and you learn from her, what happens to you? |
Returning to the effects on the client. |
C11 |
I become stronger. |
4th repetition of the "strength/strong" metaphor (see C3 & C4) and first time it is associated with "I" rather than "she". |
T11 |
And as you become stronger, what kind of stronger is that stronger? |
We can take a hint! |
C12 |
Stronger. More present. |
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T12 |
And as you become stronger and more present, you become stronger and more present like what? |
Inviting client to identify a metaphor or symbol that embodies these qualities. |
C13 |
I got a picture of a really strong oak tree. |
|
T13 |
And is there anything else about that really strong oak tree? |
Simply keeping attention on this (presumed) resource symbol. |
C14 |
I
just immediately thought how many similar qualities there are as the
big strong oak tree as with her -- there's a whole naturalness. |
|
T14 |
And when there's a whole naturalness to a big strong oak tree, what happens next? |
Invites time to move forward again to discover the effect of the effects. |
C15 |
I got a picture of me, me climbing out of the oak tree, but I can climb back in, and go out from it. |
Repetition of the "out" metaphor (see C1 & C2) only this time it relates to "I" rather then "ideal being". |
T15 |
And is there anything else about going out from it when you can climb back in? |
Invites
client to attend to "going out" at a time when she can "climb back in"
(which might be very different to an "out" with no return to "in"). |
C16 |
It's
the best of both worlds. I can go into the branches and not be seen, or
come out and play, but I have always got somewhere to go back to. |
Ah, so there are two worlds. |
T16 |
And when it's the best of both worlds, and you can go into the branches and not be seen, or come out and play, but you've always got somewhere to go back to, what happens next? |
Invites time to move forward again. |
C17 |
I can be more like her and I don't seem so separate. |
|
T17 |
And when you can be more like her and don't seem so separate, then what happens? |
|
C18 |
I feel much more peaceful. |
|
T18 |
And when you feel much more peaceful, where do you feel much more peaceful? |
Inviting client to attend to the location of the feeling. |
C19 |
In here [right hand to forehead]. |
|
T19 |
And in here. And when in here, whereabouts in here? |
|
C20 |
Inside,
just where the moon is in the drawing [touches drawing with right
hand]. It takes up the same space as where the moon is. It's a very
peaceful moon. |
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T20 |
And when you feel much more peaceful in here [replicates gesture] is there anything else about that moon that's very peaceful? |
Maintaining attention on the "moon" symbol at that location when she's feeling "more peaceful". |
C21 |
No one knows it's there so it can be undisturbed. |
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T21 |
So you can feel much more peaceful in here when you are closer to your ideal being because the strength of the oak tree is like the strength of the ideal being and you have the best of both worlds when she comes out, right here. |
Accummulating descriptions so that the client further embodies her symbolic perception. Note:
This is not completely clean as (i) the therapist had forgotten the
client's exact words "I don't seem so separate" (C17) and used "closer"
instead; and (ii) the cause-effect relationship implied by "because" is
an assumption by the therapist. |
C22 |
Yeah. |
|
T22 |
And when there is a very peaceful moon no one knows is there, then what happens? |
|
C23 |
There's something about the choice that gives me. I can choose how to be and don't have to be told how to be. |
So
the peacful gives her "the choice" to "choose how to be". However, the
"something about" implies there may be information about "the choice"
which is not yet available to her. |
T23 |
And you can choose how to be and don't have to be told how to be. And when you can choose, what kind of choice is that choice? |
We simply invite her to attend to the attributes of "choice". Note: It would probably have been more elegant to have asked about the verb "choose" rather than the noun "choice". |
C24 |
No restrictions. It's clean. |
|
T24 |
And it's a no restrictions and clean choice. And where could that choice come from? |
Inviting her attntion to shift to the source of "choice". |
C25 |
My stomach's giving me a clue. I do get a lot of gut instincts. It's a choice -- not sure where it comes from. It's just there. |
The "not sure" confirms she is close to the limits of her current awareness. |
T25 |
And it's just there. And when you feel more peaceful in here [replicates gesture], and you can choose how to be, and that's a no restrictions, clean choice, and that choice is just there, where is that choice when it's just there? |
Taking lots of time to concentrate attention on that "choose/choice" before asking for its location. |
C26 |
I have an image of a really old treasure chest with a jewel. I can shut or open it. The choice is the jewel. |
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T26 |
And a really old treasure chest with a jewel. And you can shut or open it. And what kind of jewel is that jewel? |
By asking about "jewel" we are still concentrating on "choice". |
C27 |
It's a gift. It's really pretty. It's a gift -- from my mother. |
A new symbol "mother" appears. |