Provocative Therapy

In any treatment making clients more resilient should be an important goal. But to work provocatively you really need to believe that people are more flexible than it seems. Otherwise it will be hard for you to offer your clients challenge. In the episode of today I'll discuss the work of Viktor Frankl, founder of the Logo Therapy.

If you have any comments, questions or request you can post them underneath the podcast episode or you can contact Federico via his website https://terapiaprovocativa.es or via his email: [email protected]. In a future episode he will attend to your reactions. If you would like to read the book about the Provocative Therapy you can find it on amazon and on:

https://fa-editorial.com/editorial-articles/psychology-psychiatry/provocative-therapy-book

In this last episode on the provocative assumption I'm honored to have a talk with the founder of the provocative assumptions, Dutch clinical psychologist and provocative pioneer Jaap Hollander. With him I discuss provocative assumption 7: If the therapist loses the structure during the session, the client will bring it back and will get to the core by himself.

For once, I will be letting go of my own structure in this podcast and just jump into the conversation with Jaap. We also discuss other assumptions, the role of humor and the importance of scientific research in the field.

A new series of podcast will follow soon in which I am going to talk with colleagues in the field of clinical psychology, psychotherapy and family therapy about topics such as humor in psychotherapy, depression, anxiety or other disorders, on sexuality, taboos and myths, and all the other interesting topics that affect our work. Of course, I will dedicate episodes to the research results for my Ph.D. thesis from time to time. I will look for interesting people, but you could help me by advising me who I need to invite according to you.

If you have any comments, questions or request you can post them underneath the podcast episode or you can contact me via my website https://terapiaprovocativa.es or via his email: [email protected]. In a future episode I will attend to your reactions. If you would like to read the book about the Provocative Therapy you can find it on amazon and on:

https://fa-editorial.com/editorial-articles/psychology-psychiatry/provocative-therapy-book

This is episode 6 of the podcast series about the provocative assumptions. And this is one of the important ones, because it explains very well why I choose to work provocatively and it explains where I get all the arguments from to continue challenging my clients in the role as the devil's advocate. Today I have the honor to have an interview with Belgian psychiatrist, psychotherapist and family therapist Christophe Panichelli. He works provocatively himself and has done research on the role of humor in psychotherapy.

If you have any comments, questions or request you can post them underneath the podcast episode or you can contact Federico via his website https://terapiaprovocativa.es or via his email: [email protected]. In a future episode he will attend to your reactions. If you would like to read the book about the Provocative Therapy you can find it on amazon and on:

https://fa-editorial.com/editorial-articles/psychology-psychiatry/provocative-therapy-book

In all the previous episodes the important role of humor has already been mentioned several times. Today I will talk in length with a British expert in the use of humor in (provocative) psychotherapy, Phil Jeremiah. Not only will we discuss humor, but I'll also give a rationale for using it and explain some humorous techniques.

If you have any comments, questions or request you can post them underneath the podcast episode or you can contact Federico via his website https://terapiaprovocativa.es or via his email: [email protected]. In a future episode he will attend to your reactions. If you would like to read the book about the Provocative Therapy you can find it on amazon and on:

https://fa-editorial.com/editorial-articles/psychology-psychiatry/provocative-therapy-book

If you would like to be in contact with Phil you can send him a mail: [email protected].

Of course everybody is unique. But are our emotions unique? Can we get to the heart of the matter faster if we use our experience in working with other clients and our own life experience? Is it ok to be suggestive and to use stereotypes. Well I guess you already know the answer. But in this episode I'll explain why.

If you have any comments, questions or request you can post them underneath the podcast episode or you can contact Federico via his website https://terapiaprovocativa.es or via his email: [email protected]. In a future episode he will attend to your reactions. If you would like to read the book about the Provocative Therapy you can find it on amazon and on:

https://fa-editorial.com/editorial-articles/psychology-psychiatry/provocative-therapy-book

In this episode I make use of some sound clips from videos on YouTube. Here are the links to the videos:

What Makes You Special? | Discover your uniqueness. (Make me Better)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGYaeKb8IMY

QuaverEd: You-Nique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6cmXLzxfZE

Ted talk "We Are All Different - and THAT'S AWESOME!" by Cole Blakeway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQuM5e0QGLg

Life Of Brian (1979) - clip: "You're all individuals" posted by Anyolite

https://youtu.be/QereR0CViMY

In episode 2 we'll address provocative assumption 2: Challenge creates a relationship. This is an important assumption because if you don't believe in this assumption it will be hard to apply humor and challenge in your sessions. Special guest of today is one of my teachers in the provocative therapy, psychotherapist and author Jeffrey Wijnberg.

If you have any comments, questions or request you can post them underneath the podcast episode or you can contact Federico via his website https://terapiaprovocativa.es or via his email: [email protected]. In a future episode he will attend to your reactions. If you would like to read the book about the Provocative Therapy you can find it on amazon and on:

https://fa-editorial.com/editorial-articles/psychology-psychiatry/provocative-therapy-book

You can find more information about Jeffrey on his website:

https://www.psycholoogwijnberg.nl

This is episode 1 of the series of 7 discussing all of the fundamental provocative assumptions. The assumption of today is "If you want the donkey to move forward, you've got the pull it's tail". In this episode I'll explain the assumption and some of the provocative techniques that you can use. I have a very special guest, Nick Kemp, who was a personal student of the founder of the provocative therapy, Frank Farrelly.

if you have any comments, questions or request you can post them underneath the podcast episode or you can contact Federico via his website https://terapiaprovocativa.es or via his email: [email protected]. In a future episode he will attend to your reactions. If you would like to read the book about the Provocative Therapy you can find it on amazon and on:

https://fa-editorial.com/editorial-articles/psychology-psychiatry/provocative-therapy-book

if you have any comments, questions or request you can post them underneath the podcast episode or you can contact Federico via his website https://terapiaprovocativa.es or via his email: [email protected]. In a future episode he will attend to your reactions. If you would like to read the book about the Provocative Therapy you can find it on amazon.

To give you a glimpse of what we will be talking about in the next 7 episodes, here's a summary of the basic provocative assumptions:

1. If you want the donkey to move forward, you've got to pull it's tail.

2. Challenge creates a relationship.

3. The most personal is the most universal.

4. People are more flexible than it seems.

5. People laugh sooner than we think.

6. Clients always have an inner conflict.

7. If the therapist loses the structure during the session, the client will bring it back and will get to the core by himself.