'Eliciting genuine hope could be a useful, primary goal of future-directed therapy.' Alternatively, if eliciting hope isn't a justifiable psychological intervention then it might be harmful. For example, it might raise false hope in a patient.
Thank you for your thoughtful article. Eliciting hope is indeed and always has been from the time it was first conceived, the primary goal of Future directed Therapy. This has been born out in the research which demonstrates that it does improve hope as measured by the data in the studies. People don't feel hopeful because they don't believe thier desired future is possible. When people start to experience change in their behavior they change thier perception and their beliefs, which is what changes the emotion.
'Eliciting genuine hope could be a useful, primary goal of future-directed therapy.' Alternatively, if eliciting hope isn't a justifiable psychological intervention then it might be harmful. For example, it might raise false hope in a patient.
Thank you for your thoughtful article. Eliciting hope is indeed and always has been from the time it was first conceived, the primary goal of Future directed Therapy. This has been born out in the research which demonstrates that it does improve hope as measured by the data in the studies. People don't feel hopeful because they don't believe thier desired future is possible. When people start to experience change in their behavior they change thier perception and their beliefs, which is what changes the emotion.