Integrating paradoxical interventions in the normal course of therapy: a nonspecific approach.

Abstract

Paradoxical interventions are presently not frequently integrated into psychotherapy, because bridging over to straightforward interventions is often problematic. We, therefore, need a formulation of paradoxical interventions in terms easily adaptable to various specific therapies and to the problem at hand. A view of paradoxical interventions as consisting of the paradoxical prescription and modifications in the symptom-context relationship produces such a formulation. The prescription can be adapted to the style of therapy being conducted and the modifications planned according to different theories of psychotherapy and psychopathology.