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| Pendulation is seen as a key aspect of SE because it promotes a sense of balance and stability, helping individuals to regulate their nervous system and resolve symptoms related to trauma and stress. The process of pendulation can also help individuals develop greater resilience and a sense of empowerment, | Pendulation is seen as a key aspect of SE because it promotes a sense of balance and stability, helping individuals to regulate their nervous system and resolve symptoms related to trauma and stress. The process of pendulation can also help individuals develop greater resilience and a sense of empowerment, | ||
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| + | ==== Paradoxical Intention ==== | ||
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| + | Paradoxical Intention is a therapy technique that utilizes the human ability of self-detachment to break the negative cycle of psychogenic neuroses, including phobias, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive behavior. This approach is based on the idea that by standing back and adopting a new attitude towards a situation, individuals can find a new perspective, | ||
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| + | It is a cognitive technique that consists of encouraging patients to engage in the behaviour they seek to change. Viktor Frankl, the creator of Logotherapy is the person who came up with its name, and he defined it as follows “The patient is encouraged to do, or to wish to happen, the very things he fears." | ||
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| + | The main idea here is when someone is consciously asked to engage in creating emotional and somatic states, that implies them being aware that they are the ones who are in control of increasing or decreasing the intensity of those states. One of the main uses of paradoxical intention is usually with anxiety states. For example, someone who hyperventilates might be asked to recreate that hyperventilation and even increase it to recreate the anxious state. | ||
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