Principals of Provocative Therapy Described by Nick Kemp

"Detail detail detail!"

Here the therapist insists on determining the tiniest detail of "the problem" from the client. Sometimes they will request the most ludicrous amount of irrelevant detail from the client about an aspect of the problem the client believes has no real relevance to any potential solution. This strategy works really well in combination with the "going global" approach as the client is forced to shift perceptual positions.