Empty Chair Conversation
Imagination helps us
The empty chair technique is a great tool for dealing with grief and loss of a loved one (death or separation). Moreover, it helps us express our needs and resolve a conflict. The method allows us to get rid of anger and sorrow, stress, and internal conflicts.
This technique helps us communicate better and express our unfulfilled needs. It helps us overcome negative emotions and free us from hidden consequences resulting from them.
Using this technique can help us solve problems with other people.
The empty chair technique involves role-playing. What’s interesting is that we play both parties in the conversation.
How does it work?
Can we imagine that we are sitting across from an empty chair? Moreover, can you visualize someone who we have a problem with, someone we ave lost, someone who we want to forgive us, or someone who we have a conflict with sitting in this chair?
Do not think about what will happen, just play both parties of the conversation — ourselves and the person we would like to talk to. We run the dialogue and it is safe — ask the questions and answer them. This helps us to process our natural responses and express our real emotions. Moreover, it helps us escape from the thinking and acting patterns…
