{"id":3255,"date":"2020-06-13T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=3255"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:51:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:51:14","slug":"story-soiled-underwear-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/13\/3255\/","title":{"rendered":"Soiled Underwear Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The case study \u201cSoiled Underwear Again\u201d demonstrates a symptom prescription in the form of homework to carry out a ritual. This paradoxical intervention follows the Milan tradition of systemic family therapy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul was six years old. Almost every day he waited\nuntil he was alone, found a quiet spot in the house where he could hide in\npeace and take his time, and then soiled his underwear. His excuses were many\nand varied, and often he had none at all. He only used the toilet reluctantly\nand under protest. None of the doctors who had examined him had found any\nproblems. His mother had tried both being patient and being strict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I met Paul and his mother, I asked him whether he\nthought he could deliberately soil himself on a particular day. He responded in\nthe affirmative, both to this question and to the question of whether he could\ndeliberately not soil himself on a particular day.\n\nSo I came to an\nagreement with Paul and his mother that he should deliberately soil himself,\ntoday if possible, and that his mother should allow him to do so. Tomorrow\ncould then be the day when he deliberately did the opposite. Or he could soil\nhimself today and tomorrow, with his mother\u2019s express permission; what mattered\nwas that he had soiled himself at least once before our next meeting. He could\ntell his mother beforehand or afterwards, or simply let her work it out for\nherself. And I discussed the details with Paul; on how many days of the\nfollowing week he would soil himself, and on how many he would not. His mother\noffered to note down every time when he soiled himself on the calendar so that\nI could see whether he had done his job properly. The young boy protested that\nhe would never soil himself again. I made a point of telling him that it was\nmuch too early to be thinking about that. I implored him to try and soil\nhimself at least one more time\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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