ability to redefine a situation in order to consider it from many perspectives.
Using the imagination to imagine a different outcome of a past event, such as combining Gestalt therapy with regression therapy to facilitate release; also used in NLP with guided imagery
Looking at a situation or problem in a different way, or from a different point of view, often using multiple perspectives. For example, consider what's missing instaad of what's there, or ask "How would a Martian visitor describe this problem to a friend back home on Mars?" As people often can't see their own viewpoints - particularly in an organization they're immersed in - it helps to bring in an outsider, perhaps even a Martian. See also framing and episteme.
Changing the way of understanding a statement or behavior to give it another meaning.Altering a frame-of-reference by presenting an event or idea from a different point of view or with a different meaning ascribed to it.
A process by which a person's perception of a specific event or behavior is altered, resulting in a different response. Usually subdivided into Context Reframing, Meaning Reframing and Six-Step Reframing.
the process of changing how a person or a party to a conflict conceptualizes his/her or another's attitudes, behaviors, issues, or interests-or how a situation is defined. Settlement: an agreement.
Quickly exchanging the old frame of a house with a new one so that when the roof and exterior siding settle in, it will have a different shape. Caution: If adding new rooms or going from a ranch to a two-story colonial be sure to lay a new foundation first.
to imagine or suggest a different outcome of a past or current experience, in order to change one's perception and thus emotional content regarding the experience. To find a different meaning for an experience or situation.
Using a subject's imagination to imagine a different outcome for a past event.
considering an issue from many different aspects. The ability to make meanings of events in ways that work for you and create desirable emotional states.
Reframing is the process of redefining a situation--seeing a conflict in a new way, based on input from other people who define the situation differently than you do.
a universal therapeutic technique vital in brief therapy. It means enriching the pattern through which we perceive what is happening.
changing a person's ideas about the meaning, significance or relevance of a situation by changing the frames which define the situation.
restating what has been said in different words
A tool used by mediators that involves changing words, the complexion on words and circumstances and the order in which ideas are presented in order to allow a situation to be viewed more positively.