Experiential Techniques for Moving Beyond “How Do You Feel?” Hamed: Prompting Self-Discovery
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Victor Yalom, PhD
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Experiential Techniques for Moving Beyond “How Do You Feel?” Hamed: Prompting Self-Discovery

What do psychotherapists and counselors do when clients want to explain rather than experience their feelings? Learn simple but powerful techniques for helping clients expand their inner awareness and discover new things in every session.   Video length: 1h 21m
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Overview

Clients who struggle in their personal relationships often come to us without the skills necessary for empathy, and the expression of vulnerable feelings. In this recording of a live webinar, Psychotherapy.net’s founder, Victor Yalom, presents his work with Hamed, a scientist whose overly analytic style leads him to talk about his feelings, rather than actually feel them. Asking clients “How do you feel” is a good start, but for most clients simply not enough. Using video clips taken from their third session, Yalom demonstrates numerous powerful techniques to help clients deepen their internal discovery, ultimately creating more options for them.

With over 30 years of experience doing therapy, learning from the masters, and creating clinical training videos, Yalom believes that becoming an effective therapist requires watching other skilled clinicians at work. By watching him use process comments, somatic awareness, pacing, self-disclosure and directive techniques you will learn new ways to help your clients increase their awareness instead of telling themselves and you the same old stories.

What you'll learn

  • integrate Yalom’s “here-and-now” techniques into your practice
  • use techniques designed to help clients experience their emotions
  • facilitate self-discovery in your clients

About the Experts

Victor Yalom, PhD
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Victor Yalom, PhD

Victor Yalom, PhD is the founder of Psychotherapy.net producing more than 100 videos in his 30+ years there. He also maintained a busy private practice in San Francisco, conducted workshops in existential-humanistic and group therapy in the US, Mexico, and China, and lead consultation groups for therapists. Victor retired from Psychotherapy.net in 2025.  Learn more about him and his artwork at sfpsychologist.com.

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