I’ve had some “one-off” successes like this too (sometimes in as little as 30 minutes, though this was in an environment where we had a lot of shared context). A lot of your intuitions about this match mine, and I hadn’t actually made the “anxious vs avoidant” heuristic explicit to myself until I read your account of it, so thank you! Also love the “bounty” idea, and will think about how I might be able to implement it in my own practice.
"Brief Psychotherapy" approaches are designed to work quickly and are similar to your philosophy. Brett Steenbarger is someone I respect a lot in this area. He's published textbooks on the topic but may be better known as a financial trading coach.
This was a pleasure to read, I have been surprised on a few occasions when I have been told that something I said was transformative, I use metaphors very often and sometimes they really hit home for people.
One was talking about loss/grief, and I talked about what it's like to close a book and hold it in your hands, and the impact that it had even several months later surprised me immensely.
Fascinating. Nice work Chris!
I’ve had some “one-off” successes like this too (sometimes in as little as 30 minutes, though this was in an environment where we had a lot of shared context). A lot of your intuitions about this match mine, and I hadn’t actually made the “anxious vs avoidant” heuristic explicit to myself until I read your account of it, so thank you! Also love the “bounty” idea, and will think about how I might be able to implement it in my own practice.
> I hadn’t actually made the “anxious vs avoidant” heuristic explicit to myself until I read your account of it, so thank you!
oh cool!
> Also love the “bounty” idea, and will think about how I might be able to implement it in my own practice.
i have lots of thoughts on this, and hope more try it! feel free to dm or email me
"Brief Psychotherapy" approaches are designed to work quickly and are similar to your philosophy. Brett Steenbarger is someone I respect a lot in this area. He's published textbooks on the topic but may be better known as a financial trading coach.
https://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2007/01/brief-therapy-for-mentally-well.html
This was a pleasure to read, I have been surprised on a few occasions when I have been told that something I said was transformative, I use metaphors very often and sometimes they really hit home for people.
One was talking about loss/grief, and I talked about what it's like to close a book and hold it in your hands, and the impact that it had even several months later surprised me immensely.