Sims Peter A
Hotel Dieu Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Psychother. 2003;57(4):528-36. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.4.528.
This article explores and affirms the importance of metaphor, in both conceptual and poetic thought, and its relevance to the practice of psychotherapy. It examines some of the obstacles commonly encountered as we attempt to become more aware of, and responsive to, the metaphors used by our clients. It continues by describing a simple six-stage model for working with client-generated metaphors, and concludes with a case example demonstrating the effectiveness of metaphor exploration in clinical work.
本文探讨并肯定了隐喻在概念性思维和诗性思维中的重要性，以及它与心理治疗实践的相关性。它审视了我们在试图更敏锐地察觉并回应来访者所使用的隐喻时通常会遇到的一些障碍。接着，它描述了一个用于处理来访者所创造的隐喻的简单六阶段模型，并以一个案例作为结尾，展示了隐喻探索在临床工作中的有效性。
