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Originally Posted by feralkittymom
It can also often lead to a dead end when the client so often doesn't know why they feel something or respond a certain why. It implies a deeper reason than the surface reason, and tends to distract clients from further exploration that they can then feel validation and control from.
And it is the "onion" question that simply leads to endless layers of whys.
It isn't inherently a bad question, and can be very appropriate for some clients to encourage deeper reflection.
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I guess I can see where asking me "why" could potentially prompt me into a dead end if the reason why wasn't so obvious (in this instance, it was one of those things where the answer to the question was so obvious that it probably didn't need to be asked but imaginary LCM did anyway because she wanted to hear me say it... or maybe it was so obvious in my head because I was actually the one asking myself the question... but it felt that way when I told her about it in real life too. This is kinda awkward to express haha). But it could have backed me into a corner if I didn't previously think it through because again, it was me asking myself the question so I had plenty of time to dig through and figure it out if I needed to.