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Text © Third Wave Psychotherapy/Seaghan Coleman, LCSW 2015 Images © Jerry Kong www.ThirdWavePyschotherapy.net permission granted to copy freely for client use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Tug-of-War Metaphor Script Suppose you are playing tug-of-war with a monster. The monster is a metaphor for the basic fact that problems exist in your life. It may represent depression, feelings of shame, physical pain, or anything else. Between you and the monster, is a huge, apparently bottomless, pit. It may often feel like your problems are overwhelming. At those times, you might feel like the monster is going to pull you into the pit and it will be “game over.” You also might think that if you could pull on the rope, just the right way, then you could pull the monster into the pit. Then you would not have any problems any more! Wouldn’t that be awesome? As hard as you try, though, it just seems impossible to pull the monster into the pit. You try coiling the rope around your hands and digging your feet into the ground better in order to try even harder to pull the monster into the pit, but it just doesn’t work.

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Page 1: tug-of-war script 15-1 - Third Wave Psychotherapy you and the monster, is a huge, apparently bottomless, pit. It may often feel like your problems are overwhelming. At those times,

Text©ThirdWavePsychotherapy/SeaghanColeman,LCSW2015Images©JerryKong

www.ThirdWavePyschotherapy.netpermissiongrantedtocopyfreelyforclientuse

AcceptanceandCommitmentTherapyTug-of-WarMetaphorScript

Supposeyouareplayingtug-of-warwithamonster.Themonsterisametaphorforthebasicfactthatproblemsexistinyourlife.Itmayrepresentdepression,feelingsofshame,physicalpain,oranythingelse.Betweenyouandthemonster,isahuge,apparentlybottomless,pit.Itmayoftenfeellikeyourproblemsareoverwhelming.Atthosetimes,youmightfeellikethemonsterisgoingtopullyouintothepitanditwillbe“gameover.”Youalsomightthinkthatifyoucouldpullontherope,justtherightway,thenyoucouldpullthemonsterintothepit.Thenyouwouldnothaveanyproblemsanymore!Wouldn’tthatbeawesome?

Ashardasyoutry,though,itjustseemsimpossibletopullthemonsterintothepit.Youtrycoilingtheropearoundyourhandsanddiggingyourfeetintothegroundbetterinordertotryevenhardertopullthemonsterintothepit,butitjustdoesn’twork.

Page 2: tug-of-war script 15-1 - Third Wave Psychotherapy you and the monster, is a huge, apparently bottomless, pit. It may often feel like your problems are overwhelming. At those times,

Text©ThirdWavePsychotherapy/SeaghanColeman,LCSW2015Images©JerryKong

www.ThirdWavePyschotherapy.netpermissiongrantedtocopyfreelyforclientuse

Whydoesn'titwork?Because,aswehavetalkedabout,perhapsthereisnosuchthingasalifethatdoesn’tinvolveproblems.Andinthemeanwhile,offinanotherdirectionliesthethingsthatareimportanttoyou-yourvalues.Youfeelthedeepdesiretomovetowardswhatisimportanttoyou,butifyoudothat,youworrythatthemonsterwillcomeafteryou.Thepitisdeep,butnotsowidethatthemonstercan’tjumpoveritandbotheryou.So,aslongasyoufeeltheneedtotugontherope,youcan’tmovetowardsthethingsthatmattertoyou.So,whatdoyoudo?That’sright,youdroptherope.

Whatdoesthatmeanreally?Ifyouletgooftherope,themonstercannowwanderaroundfreely.Theproblemsthatyouface,especiallythingslikeworries, negative thoughts, and other negative emotions, feel scary, but can they actually harm you? No.

Page 3: tug-of-war script 15-1 - Third Wave Psychotherapy you and the monster, is a huge, apparently bottomless, pit. It may often feel like your problems are overwhelming. At those times,

Text©ThirdWavePsychotherapy/SeaghanColeman,LCSW2015Images©JerryKong

www.ThirdWavePyschotherapy.netpermissiongrantedtocopyfreelyforclientuse

So, letting go of the rope means letting things like thingslikeworries, negative thoughts, and other negative emotions show up and do whatever they do while you move toward what is important to you.

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