How the empty chair method can help

When I was a PhD student, a therapy instructor did something that I will never ever forget.

Then she talked out loud as if she were speaking to that never-to-be child.

The instructor explained her reasons and talked about her related emotions.

It is was a uniquely odd and poignant lesson showing a way to use the empty chair therapy technique.

This is where a client speaks to an empty chair that represents an important person who is not present…