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3) When a client is recounting a story vividly and is saying first what
she said and then what the other person said, ask her to shift her body
position when she shifts roles.
4) If you have used artwork with a client, ask him to hold the work and
speak from one of the elements of the drawing. You can interview him
as the drawing.
5) When a client is uncertain about the future, ask her to imagine that
there is an imaginary clock face on the floor, each of whose numbers
represents a month in the future. Let's say it's currently April. Ask the
person to stand at 3 (months from April), and tell you what's happening
to her in July.
6) Time line: When a client begins to describe a long chain of events,
ask him to stand and begin at a spot on the floor and walk forward (or
around the perimeter of the space) and stop at specific, important times
and tell you what happened on that date. You can use objects in the
room, scarves, or labeled pieces of paper to mark off the times. When
the exercise is complete ask the client to stand back and see if he can
see any patterns; what sense he makes of all the events when
considered from this perspective; or if any specific time is more crucial
than the others. This may also be done at the beginning of treatment
when taking a history from a client.
7) If a client remarks about or is drawn to an object in your office, ask
her to reverse roles with the object and interview her in the role of the
object.
8) When working with a client whose spontaneity or creativity are
blocked, concretize the Canon of Creativity, marking out areas on your
floor for Creativity, Spontaneity, the Conserve and the Warming Up
Process. Ask the client to walk the Canon focusing on the issue
(conserve) in relation to their spontaneity or creativity or where they
are in the warming up process.
SOCIAL ATOM Make the social atom a regular and routine part of the
one-to-one experience. Remember the therapy maxim, "Treat the
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