Institute of Semantic Restructuring

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Semantic Restructuring is the pursuit of enlightenment, enlivenment, empowerment through the creative re-arranging of the building blocks of meaning. For a better description, Start Here.


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There are clients for whom I don't have anything much theraputic that I can give or do because they don't genuinely desire change. "Not ready" turns out to be a gloss for, "Not willing." Take, for example, phobias. People love their phobias. I have never heard anyone say, "Hey, I'd love to get rid of this; when can I see you?" After 20 years of dealing with that phenomena it is time to take that feedback and craft an effective approach. Next time phobia's come up, I will plan on hearing that polarity response. Next time someone says anything about a phobia, play polarity: "Oh, you probably really love that, most people love their phobias. Most people get a lot of personality reinforcement from them, can't imagine giving up the phobia and really still being themselves." That's much more likely to obtain the desired result.

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