0:03 hi everyone my name is dr. Joseph hammer
0:04 and this is the second
0:06 choose-your-own-adventure therapy
0:09 exercise in the first exercise that you
0:12 may have seen previously we focused on
0:15 how individual decisions at every point
0:16 in the conversation can make a
0:18 difference in whether the conversation
0:21 in therapy goes into productive and
0:24 deeper or less productive and more
0:26 shallow direction in this
0:28 choose-your-own-adventure the focus is
0:30 slightly different when the format is
0:32 slightly different then it will be
0:34 shorter in this situation we're looking
0:37 at how your opening decision as a
0:40 therapist impacts where the conversation
0:44 goes so in this situation across from
0:45 you you will see a client to your
0:48 meeting with for a first session and
0:50 they will start off by telling you a
0:53 general overview of what's going on for
0:55 them and they'll mention several things
0:57 that are going wrong in their life that
1:00 aren't feeling good and you'll have a
1:03 choice one of three choices about what
1:05 you want to ask about and so your task
1:07 is to think about what feels like the
1:10 most powerful or more important piece of
1:13 their issue and to use the intervention
1:17 to ask about that topic that seems most
1:21 important to them and then you'll see
1:23 what will happen so depending on which
1:27 scenario you pick you will then see a
1:30 dialogue between the therapist and the
1:31 client to see how that ensuing
1:34 conversation might play out and after
1:36 you've picked a path and you see what happens
1:37 happens
1:41 you can choose to possibly check out the
1:43 other paths to see what sort of
1:45 conversation would have flowed from that
1:47 so there are three paths and you can
1:49 switch between them if you want to see
1:50 what else might have happened if you
1:53 asked about other things so it's a
1:55 shorter exercise and
1:58 this is about choosing what you think
2:01 will lead to the deepest and the most
2:04 core part of their issue and again this
2:05 is just based on my professional opinion
2:08 and teaching people to do psychotherapy
2:10 there's always room for error and
2:11 differing opinions about what makes for
2:14 a good intervention or asking about a
2:18 good topic but I hope that it helps your
2:20 brain think about doing therapy and it's
2:22 thought-provoking and welcome your
