Posted by daisym on July 13, 2006, at 12:34:59
In reply to framing techniques, posted by curtm on July 13, 2006, at 9:00:45
I think Dinah has it right. Reframing something is to show it in a different way, often a way that leads to action or change. It isn't about turning every negative into a positive. Like: Oh, I'm glad I got fired because now I have time to organize my kitchen. It is about looking at a few things that bother you and see if you can turn them around and respond to them differently.
My therapist did this for me about a particularly painful event in my life that I suffered over for years. In a matter of minutes (though it took me much longer to "buy" it) he put forth another intepretation of an action of mine and why I did what I did. He reframed it for me. It changed something huge.
Was the TMI? I hope not.
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