{"id":77660,"date":"2025-11-14T20:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/paradoxical-intention\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T20:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:18:39","slug":"paradoxical-intention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/paradoxical-intention\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradoxical intention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>method developed by V. Frankl and used in psychotherapy. In simple words, V. Frankl called the paradoxical intention &#8220;ridicule of neurosis.&#8221; Within the framework of this method, a person who has a certain phobia is recommended to perform specifically, in a somewhat exaggerated and slightly humorous form, exactly those actions that can cause fear. The goal of paradoxical intention is to reduce anxiety or fear associated with a particular situation or behavior. Paradoxical intention is effective in the treatment of obsessive, compulsive, and phobic states, especially in cases that are associated with anticipatory anxiety. In addition, it is a fast-acting therapeutic method.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>method developed by V. Frankl and used in psychotherapy. In simple words, V. Frankl called the paradoxical intention &#8220;ridicule of neurosis.&#8221; Within the framework of this method, a person who has a certain phobia is recommended to perform specifically, in a somewhat exaggerated and slightly humorous form, exactly those actions that can cause fear. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychotherapy-neuropsychology-psychophysiology-and-psychopharmacology-techniques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}