Guided ManoYatra tool

Empty Chair

The empty chair is a practice in which you address someone who is not there — speaking to them directly, out loud or in writing — in order to express something that was never said.

Relationships10 minPROtext or voice

How it works

It works because saying something aloud is different from having thought it many times. The tool sets the scene, holds the structure, and helps you come back down afterwards. It suits unfinished conversations, including with people who are no longer reachable. It is one of the more emotionally intense tools in the catalog and is meant to be entered on a steady day.

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the empty-chair technique from Gestalt practice, Fritz Perls.

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