Integrating Paradoxical Interventions in the Normal Course of Therapy: A Nonspecific Approach

Paradoxical interventions are presently not frequently integrated into psychotherapy, because bridging over to straightforward interventions is often problematic. We, therefore, need a formulation of paradoxical interventions in terms easily adaptable to various specific therapies and to the problem at hand. A view of paradoxical interventions as consisting of (a) the paradoxical perscription and (b) modifications in the symptomcontext relationship produces such a formulation. The prescription can be adapted to the style of therapy being conducted and the modifications planned according to different threories of psychotherapy and psychopathology.