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Utilization 1

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Utilization: Using the other’s behavior and energy


Three kinds of Utilization

• Using the that would otherwise be resistance

• Use the unique experiences and skills the particular client has learned

• Use the common-everyday experiences the client is certain to have available


Examples to Consider

• Bruce Lee on the hospital ward• Light switch flipper• Mumbling client• The girl dating an imaginary boy


Utilization

Use of Everyday ExperienceMust Employ Behavior Must Employ Behavior

More Rigid More Loose

Depressed

Compulsive

Obsessive

Paranoid

Hysterical

Hebephrenic

Dissociative

Borderline

Manic


Features of utilization

Any interaction that makes valuable use of the other person’s existing behavior, energy, motivation, and direction.The degree of utilization is greater as the amount of employed behavior increases.It represents the energy and direction of the other.


Utilizing Offerings

Clients bring unique problem solving skills that may appear as resistance.Value these, figure them out, ask for them to continue.Use it to help accomplish desired mutual goals.

Utilization 2


Have comfort while being unsure

Ask client to continue to do what they are doing.Don’t expect conformity to your problem solving scheme.Find an acceptable and believable reason for encouraging the existing behavior even if you do not understand its value at first.


Utilization Principles

Accept any message from client as an offering and even encourage more.Ask client to continue to extend that same behavior.Be sure to select wording that is acceptable to the client.


Employing Best Parts

Ask client to continue to do what they are doing.Don’t expect conformity to your problem solving scheme.Find an acceptable and believable reason for encouraging the existing behavior even if you do not understand its value.


Physical Utilization