The 5 Moves
ASR works within 5 specific domains of therapy, seamlessly moving between them in the flow of therapy. The 5 Moves provides therapists a road map for change. Each move provides specific interventions to address core principle associated with that domain.
-Move 1-
Attuning and Assessing
Attunement allows us connect faster and leverage the therapeutic relationship to greater effect. Within attunement, we able to more quickly develop a trustworthy conceptualization that provides a working model of the client, the client’s distress, and what is needed for healing and change.
-Move 3-
Repairing Internal Relationships
Distress is alleviated when the Self is able to tolerate and engage felt distress through compassionate self-leadership. Attending to underlying needs and longings associated with felt distress facilitates corrective experiences in the heart of distress.
-Move 2-
Repairing False Narratives
Constructed meanings frequently block access to inherent underlying vulnerable needs and longings. Move 2 leverages lived client exceptions, psychoeducation, and empathetic contradictions to facilitate more adaptive narratives. These adapted meanings allow for greater access to implicit drivers of distress.
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Securing Systemic Attachments
The more we are safely connected to others, the easier it is to lead oneself and attend to the needs of others. In fact, the work of relationships is balancing one’s own needs with the needs of others. Here, we attune to others and build bridges of connection to facilitate mutual care.
-Move 5-
Consolidation & Integration
Consolidation ensures change events are anchored into experiential components to strengthen their resiliency and accessibility. Change lasts longer when it is fully integrated into multiple aspects associated with repaired distress. The more integrated change is, the more effortless is is expressed.