Strategic Responses: Reframe


Suggest a different meaning or perspective for what a supervisee is describing.

  • Supervisee: I don’t know if I can do it.
  • Staff: It would be challenging-hard work!
  • Supervisee: I’ve been through so much lately. I don’t know if I can do it.
  • Staff: You are quite a survivor.
Other strategic response for handling resistance are amplified reflection, double-sided reflection, shifting focus, agreement with a twist, emphasize personal choice and control, and coming alongside.