Description Rinse
How would you describe the social problem you want to solve or the situation you want to intervene in?
Our descriptions of a problem are grounded in our habits. “Description embeds prescription,” as family systems therapist Douglas Flemons says.
Playing with other ways of describing a problem isn’t necessarily about getting a “better” description. Even absurd and evidently wrong descriptions may help us to see more.
And importantly, it helps us to practice framing the problem large enough to include ourselves.
Ready to practice re-describing your problem? We recommend practicing regular description hygiene with the Description Rinse kit.
Want to dive deeper into the theory behind Description Rinse? Here’s an essay (with audio narration) on the difference between habitual descriptions vs. counter descriptions.
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