Two-chair Work – a Creative Experiential Technique – Day 3

When it comes to shifting the focus of therapeutic interaction from ‘talking about’ to ‘exploring the experience’, there are few techniques more useful than ‘empty-chair’ or ‘two-chair’ work (this applies to supervision as well as therapy).
However, when therapists risk using the technique, it often does not produce the intended or intuited results. Having started with what seemed a burning, vibrant issue, the spark gets lost, and the interaction ‘goes flat’ or starts going round in circles.
From years of using the technique myself, as well as supervising it, I have concluded there are some built-in recurring pitfalls which we can anticipate and prepare for; when understood and addressed, these pitfalls can actually enhance our use of the technique and make it more elegant.

These two CPD days are designed to engender both detailed knowledge and skill as well as confidence, whatever level of experience you are currently bringing to this type of work.
I am expecting that in terms of the nitty-gritty detail of technique (what you actually do and say as a therapist and how and in what sequence), these days will be amongst the most specific and useful you will ever do. In terms of this particular technique, it’s as close to a ‘recipe book’ or ‘manual’ of therapeutic intervention as is feasible when what we are really interested in is the aliveness and spontaneity of the client-therapist interaction.

Download leaflet: http://www.integra-cpd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/leaflets/20150523_Bristol_Two-Chair_Work_Leaflet_72.pdf