Clean Language
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Clean language is a technique originally used in counseling, psychotherapy and coaching but now also used in education, business, organisational change and health. It has been applied as a research interview technique called clean language interviewing.
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Clean language is a technique originally used in counseling, psychotherapy and coaching but now also used in education, business, organisational change and health. It has been applied as a research interview technique called clean language interviewing.
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A questioning technique developed by David Grove: using the client's own words and metaphors to ask questions, deliberately avoiding implanting the questioner's assumptions and interpretations (minimal metaphor intervention), to safely explore the client's inner mental map and 'cleanspace'.
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