The Diamond Model of Modalities – The force field between medical model, working alliance, enactment (2004)

2017-04-07T03:00:46+00:00

This handout presents the underlying force field and fundamental tension which the therapeutic endeavour operates within. Historically, and in the public (mis-)perception, therapy is seen as equivalent with 'medical model' treatment, i.e. symptom reduction through the therapist operating as a 'doctor for the feelings' (or the mind/mental states, [...]