Reframing (Psychotherapy)

found: Work cat.: Pretorius, S. Positive reframing in lay counselling, 1985:p. 12 (Reframing means changing the emphasis from one class membership of an object to another; by changing the classification of a behavior or situation, the behavior or situation acquires new meaning and the rules which determined the behavior beforehand must be changed) p. 14 (Positive reframing has a counterpart in negative reframing which may be used as therapeutically as positive reframing)

found: Psychology Wiki, Jan. 11, 2010(Reframing designates a communication technique which has origins in family systems therapy and the work of Virginia Satir; Milton H. Erickson has been associated with reframing and it also forms an important part of Neuro-linguistic programming; in addition, the provocative therapy uses reframing with an emphasis on humor; another meaning or another sense is assigned by reframing a situation or context; a frame can refer to a belief, what limits our view of the world; if we let this limiting belief go, new conceptions and interpretation possibilities can develop; psychotherapists trained in reframing by communication attempt to let scenes appear in another point of view (frame) so that someone feels relieved or is able to deal with the situation better)