Difficult Situation	Possible associated Mode	Experiential technique
Patient refuses to do exposure	Detached or Angry Protector mode	Chairwork
Patient demands certainty and does not want to accept any risk	Demanding and Punitive Parent mode	Imagery work, also with the Healthy Adult, Empathic confrontation or Chairwork
Client is not in contact with his/her emotions	Detached Protector mode	Imagery work or Empathic confrontation
Patient feels extremely guilty for not having acted on a compulsion	Vulnerable Child in response to the Demanding or Punitive Parent	Imagery work or Empathic confrontation or Chairwork
Patient dissociates during exposure or in session	Detached Protector mode or Activation of Vulnerable Child	Empathic confrontation or Chairwork for Detached Protector
Client feels deeply disgusting and fears others’ rejection	Vulnerable Child	Imagery work or Empathic confrontation or Chairwork
Patient feels hopeless	Vulnerable Child	Imagery work
Client continues to act compulsions	Over-controller mode	Empathic confrontation or Chairwork
Patient complains that nothing changes and he/she does not want to do anything more	Undisciplined Child	Empathic confrontation
Client feels he has to do more	Demanding Parent	Chairwork
Patient gets angry towards his/her parents because they pressure him and are demanding	Angry Child mode	Empathic confrontation and limited reparenting