More on the Four Windows model of Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy

Week Three: Developing the Four Windows Model of CENT

Looking at Window No.1

Introduction
Two weeks ago, and not for the first time, I outlined the four elements of the Four Windows model. These are ways of re-framing an existing problem or ‘source of suffering' in your life, so that you can feel a whole lot better about being stuck with that problem. Once you've calmed down, you can then look at whether there might be some way to reduce or eliminate the actual problem, as distinct from your emotional reaction towards that problem.

Last week I outlined an agenda for working on the development of this model. The first step in that agenda, which I will tackle today, is this:

1. I want to look at how to apply the Four Windows, one at a time, to a psychological problem, to see how it works in practice. I will, naturally, begin with Window 1, and continue through to the end. This could take four weeks, or eight weeks, or more. At the moment I have no way to estimate this process any more accurately than that.

Applying Window No.1
In 1992-93, I went through a major career crisis, when the cash flow in my company began to dry up, and I had to contemplate resigning in order to save the jobs of my business partner and our employees. I frequently felt anxious about my future financial prospects, and depressed by the loss of my office, salary and work status (which was the ‘Deputy Chief Executive' role). At the time, I used REBT to reduce my emotions to concern and sadness. That took a whole lot of effort, and went on for months and months.

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The Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy (CENT) Blog

Friday, August 21, 2009

Deciding on an Agenda for the Future
DEVELOPING THE 'FOUR WINDOWS' MODEL

For quite some time I have been unclear where this (therapy) blog was going. I jumped around from topic to topic as the mood took me. However, I have now found a direction for the next few weeks, and that is to develop the 'Four Windows Model' of Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy (CENT).

Last week I presented the description of the Four Windows in considerable detail. (See below).

What did you think of the 'Four Windows' model?

Today I want to outline the journey for the next few weeks.

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LINKING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS WITH OPPORTUNITY

This is how I introduced my first posting to my Business Blog:

"The purpose of this blog is to help individuals to see that talking themselves into discouragement about the credit crunch, the recession, the world economy downturn, is just going to make life more difficult for themselves. We must remain optimistic in the face of adversity, in order not to become so discouraged that we give up trying to stay afloat. And we must try to become even more successful, despite the objective difficulties we face.

"The only difference between people who win and people who lose is that the people who win are those who get up one more time than life knocks them down. While the people who lose are the people who stay down after a few failures. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever give up!"

I have since added some detail on the first of Brian Tracy's Crunch Points.

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Linking to my main website

Hi
The purpose of this blog is to direct individuals who find me on Blogger to the blogs that I write on my own website, which are:

The Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy (CENT) blog - at http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html;

and

The Business Success blog, here: at http://www.abc-counselling.com/id164.html.

Please take a look - and I hope you find both blogs interesting.

Best wishes,

Jim Byrne
Doctor of Counselling
ABC Coaching and Counselling Services
Jim Byrne's email address

Introduction to the CENT Blog

The purpose of this blog is to direct individuals who find me on Blogger to the blog that I write on my own website, at http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html.

Jim Byrne
Doctor of Counselling
ABC Coaching and Counselling Services
Jim Byrne's email address