parallel and paradoxical interventions

HWR Berlin Supervision Internship LV 401591 / 1

Antipathetic or sympathetic responses

My job is terrible!I'm mistreated,

misjudged,Underpaid, …!!!

Pull yourself together,

stop whining & complaining!

I'm sorry to hear it. Perhaps

you need another job?

Person A. Person B.

A. is very excited &Upset. He's almost „not quite himself“.B. wants to calm himdown and/or get outof the line of fire.


Parallel responses



So your job is Terrible, they

mistreat & misjudge& underpay you?

That is horrible! How can you stand It! You should quit

right away!!!

…by parallel talkingin a more neutral, mirroring way, or ina more parallel, exaggerating way, B. can help A. take agood look at himself.


The paradoxical response



I've long wantedto say somethingabout the state of

the restroomsIn this place!

Okay – where doyou buy your suits?

I think you lookGreat in black!

...by talking what from theoutside may appear likenonsense, but is rathera calculated paradoxicalintervention, A. Is even moreeffectively thrown off balanceand cannot but leave his position.


Forum Feedback & Discussion

Let's move over to the (now fixed) Opinionator to get a view of what the class thinks ofsome gender issue statements & then discuss...

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Poll: I have encountered positive or negative discrimination based on my gender


Poll: I think women and men perform differently at work


Poll:I have experienced (positive or negative)discrimination during my studies at the HWR Berlin.


Poll: I think virtual worlds are a gender-free orless gendered teaching/learning environment.

parallel and paradoxical interventions

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