Nick Kemp & Frank Farrelly
Nick Kemp & Frank Farrelly – A Brief History I first met Frank Farrelly in May 2004 when I attended a Provocative Therapy four day workshop in the UK. This workshop was the inspiration for the original article I wrote…
Dr Noni Höefner Provocative Therapy Trainer
I first met Frank Farrelly in a PT-workshop in 1985 in Munich and he totally destroyed most of the beliefs I had had so far concerning what you should do and what you should absolutely not do when you work…
Welcome to the new Provocative Therapy site
We have just updated the original Provocative Therapy site. With changes in Google it made sense to make it mobile friendly and to integrate all the other provocative sites into one location. I have also added all the testimonials from…
The Farrelly Factors
The Farrelly Factors What is this? The Farrelly Factors are 39 behaviors, strategic patterns and mental activities used by Frank Farrelly, the founder of Provocative Therapy, when he is working with a client. The factors differ greatly in terms of…
The Wizard of Wisconsin
Provocative Therapy. What is it? Even the term itself raises questions when the words ‘therapy’ and ‘provocative’ are used in a shared context. How does ‘it’ work? What makes it different from traditional psychotherapy? Where and from whom did it…
Review of Frank Farrelly’s Provocative Therapy
By Peta Heskell Any of you who have been on the receiving end of a Richard Bandler training will instantly recall the involved stories which seem to be lead nowhere, the outrage, the shock and the humour of his highly…
Provocative Therapy in Australia
The paradoxical and unpredictable nature of existence seems always to have fascinated humankind. The use of paradox, metaphor, the illogical and absurd, surprise and humour as means to bring about change has a rich history. Ancient teaching tales from Buddhism,…
Provocative Therapy as Psychological Homeopathy
Provocative Therapy has been compared to homeopathy. In Heidelburg, Germany (c.1993), at a large “Congress” of therapists from many countries in Europe, a homeopathic physician reported to the “plenum” about the Provocative Therapy workshop I gave at the Congress: “I…
Others View Frank Farrelly and Provocative Therapy
Wartenweiler Frank: “Provozieren erwünscht … aber bitte mit Feingefühl”, Junfermann Verlag, Paderborn 2003 “First a method is shown, which allows therapists to develop from any statement of a client systematically provocative interventions, which will fit exactly to the individual situation…
Therapist As Jester
“Among the several possible models (e.g., healer) for the psychotherapist, consider the court jester. This figure we are told, made playful comments about the king, his followers, and affairs of state; he punctured pretensions, and took an upside-down look at…