Term ID: T5434

Therapeutic Paradox

/therapeutic-paradox/
Counterintuitive intervention that uses symptom prescription or resistance to promote change.
Example: Telling anxious client to worry more intensely to help them gain control over anxiety symptoms.

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Reference: Weeks & L'Abate (1982)