Jun
11
Language and Becoming Stuck
Filed Under Therapy
The various psychotherapies that fall under the rubric of post-modern and post-structural psychotherapy have become more and more numerous over the past decade. For example there is solution-focused, narrative therapy, collaborative therapy, social therapeutics, brief therapy, etc. What they all have in common is a dedication to the way we use language. Language to tell a story, to re-story, for telling preferred stories, to deconstruct the language that is being used, to the use of language and generating meaning in the present moment, and to the changing nature of language. There is a dedication to finding out how our problems are described and through the language we use how we bring them alive.
Sometimes we become stuck in the running story that we tell others and the same story plays out in our own minds. We seem to not be able to get out of the quicksand of the story and so we become stuck. That is where psychotherapy could be useful. To have someone who cares, who can be empathetic, and to help create a safe place to help brainstorm ideas to start to become unstuck. Sometimes all it takes is to be able to voice what we are feeling and thinking. To bounce ideas off from another person. To create the new ideas into tangible and realistic ways of making our lives better.
If you live in the Twin Cities area and are looking for a psychotherapist please call 612-501-6807 or send an email to jeffjones@phoenix-mental-health.com Together we can discover new solutions to your present problems.
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