{"id":16165,"date":"2019-09-19T00:19:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T06:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=16165"},"modified":"2024-03-13T13:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T19:19:30","slug":"029-identify-clients-real-problem","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/podcast\/029-identify-clients-real-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying the Client&#8217;s Real Problem: Podcast 029"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This podcast is the narrated version of my article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/3-easy-psychotherapy-techniques-that-identify-your-clients-real-problem\/\"><em>3 Psychotherapy Techniques That Identify Your Client&#8217;s Real Problem<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some clients are clear on what they want to achieve in therapy. Others present an amorphous cloud of detail that can hypnotize us with by detail, leaving us almost as confused and overwhelmed and they are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In this episode I talk about:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to avoid getting bamboozled by your client<\/li>\n<li>How to discover what are they not getting from their life<\/li>\n<li>What &#8216;faulty pattern matching&#8217; is going on?<\/li>\n<li>What are your client&#8217;s metaphors telling you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Or watch this episode of the podcast on video below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MRkNd_UrzUE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>References\/Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"notes\">\n<li>As initially recognized by the originators of the Human Givens approach<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Human-Givens-approach-emotional-ebook\/dp\/B00CLCZSHU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Givens<\/a> by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell<\/li>\n<li>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jhritz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Hritz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When treating clients we can get hypnotized by detail, by the shape and colour of the person&#8217;s life, the minutiae of their issues &#8211; leaving us confused and overwhelmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21194,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/35-3-Psychotherapy-Techniques-That-Identify-Your-Clients-Real-Problem.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"8.06","filesize":"3.98M","date_recorded":"2019-09-19 00:19:14","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"035","itunes_title":"3 Psychotherapy Techniques That Identify Your Client's Real Problem","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","filesize_raw":"4177343"},"tags":[],"series":[],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Clear-Thinking-Out-Loud-Podcast-Artwork-new.png","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Clear-Thinking-Out-Loud.png","download_link":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/podcast-download\/16165\/029-identify-clients-real-problem.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/podcast-player\/16165\/029-identify-clients-real-problem.mp3","audio_player":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16165-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/podcast-player\/16165\/029-identify-clients-real-problem.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/podcast-player\/16165\/029-identify-clients-real-problem.mp3\">https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/podcast-player\/16165\/029-identify-clients-real-problem.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4V0bCOutSeZSOQD6KmzFai","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WqQgkB8zQP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/podcast\/029-identify-clients-real-problem\/\">Identifying the Client&#8217;s Real Problem: Podcast 029<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/podcast\/029-identify-clients-real-problem\/embed\/#?secret=WqQgkB8zQP\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Identifying the Client&#8217;s Real Problem: Podcast 029&#8221; &#8212; Mark Tyrrell&#039;s Therapy Skills\" data-secret=\"WqQgkB8zQP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! 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