How to summarize in psychological consultation?

To continue the above, let's talk about induction first. Simply put, it is to condense the information of visitors with one or two sentences or more content or emotional reflections. Or a combination of the two, you can take a two-minute break or start after several consultations.

Generally speaking, the purpose of induction and summary is to connect multiple elements of visitor information, determine the same theme or pattern, interrupt redundant statements and review the whole process.

Simply put, it is case conceptualization. This is a very valuable ability to string together complex events and details with a theme.

The symptoms of visitors may have seven or eight manifestations, and there may be many details. It needs to be conceptualized in one or two sentences, that is, the facts are abstracted into one or two sentences.

About four steps: first, identify the information transmitted by visitors, including verbal information and non-verbal information. In fact, I think it is mainly facts, emotions and follow-up.

Secondly, identify obvious patterns, themes or various elements in visitor information. It's his coping style and defense mechanism. What did he do when he encountered problems before?

The next step is to choose the appropriate opening remarks to summarize, use your or your partner's name as a personal pronoun, summarize the theme of the visitor in the language of the consultant, and repeat it to the visitor, paying attention to using declarative sentences instead of interrogative sentences.

Simply put, it is to summarize the problems encountered by visitors in your own words. The last step is to evaluate whether the summary is valid and whether the visitors agree with it.

For example. Background: Visitor XX, female, broke up. This relationship caused her blood pressure to soar, and her uncontrollable scalp was numb and painful.

But I can't help myself, because that boy loves her very much, or more accurately, she feels love in the other person, and she can't help but want to save it. But seeing the other side provoke the little girl, the other side doesn't care about her so much. My heart is full of contradictions and conflicts, and I am very uneasy.

Visitor: I feel terrible. Not long after I got along with him, he was called away by his mother and went home to look after the children. His mother is very critical of me, and friends often send clothes that his granddaughter's mother (his ex-wife) bought for her children.

And the other party is still on Tik Tok, paying attention to other little girls and mine, then paying attention and watching videos.

The counselor thought: What did she say? What's she trying to tell me? What concerns and considerations does she have? What kind of feelings did she express?

The fact is that she is in a very painful relationship, asking for relief. She wanted to tell me that it was painful and contradictory. What she cares about and considers is that she wants the other person to be with her, or that she abandons him herself. She can't accept abandoning herself.

This is a kind of anxiety, worrying that the boots will fall off, and then adding the fear that you will be abandoned without being loved. What is the theme repeated many times? She's in pain. What is the theme emphasized? This person is not good

What is the theme of the question? I want benefits, but I don't want to bear these bad things. Are there many elements in the information? Yes

The first is her narcissism. She can't accept her mother-in-law's words, her influence on men, and her breaking up with me. Secondly, there is nothing I can do. I can't enjoy this relationship and I can't break up.

Counselor's thinking: how to choose the right words to summarize each other's theme?

It can be said: I can feel that you have invested a lot of emotional time and energy in this relationship. Although I hurt you, you are still in it. Can we talk about this?

Or: you realize that you are in pain in this relationship, and you have invested a lot, but you still don't want to get rid of it.

Or: you think you are willing to pay the price of your own pain in order to get the feeling of being with each other. But it's not worth it now. It makes you more miserable.

Finally, look at the visitor's reaction to determine whether my summary agrees with me. If you disagree, it may be that the summary is not accurate enough, or the visitor is not ready to admit the problem.

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