The empty chair technique is a common technique used by the Gestalt school as a way of making the introjection of the visitor visible. The empty chair technique allows the visitor to play the role of a “winner” and then switch to another chair and play the role of a “loser”, thus allowing the visitor to play the role of both parties in a continuous dialogue. In this way, the visitor can fully experience the conflict, and the conflict can be resolved because the visitor can accept and integrate the “winner” and “loser” from different perspectives in the role play. Through the two-part dialogue, people’s internal oppositions and conflicts are resolved. Through a two-part dialogue, people’s inner oppositions and conflicts are integrated at a higher level, i.e., they learn to accept the existence of such oppositions and make them co-exist, rather than trying to eliminate certain personality traits of a person. How does the Empty Chair Technique work? In psychology, there are three forms of the empty chair technique: The first is the “confessional cathartic” form, in which a chair is placed in front of the client and a person is assumed to be sitting in the chair. The visitor expresses what he or she wants to say internally but does not have the time to say it, thus bringing peace to his or her heart. This form is mainly used in three ways: 1. When a lover, relative or friend leaves him or her for some reason or dies, the visitor feels particularly sad, painful, or even grief-stricken because of their departure, but cannot find a suitable way to get rid of it. 2.The person represented by the empty chair has hurt, misunderstood or blamed the visitor, and the visitor cannot directly vent out the negative emotions due to various reasons, and the emotions are pent up in the heart, so the visitor can get the inner balance by blaming or even scolding the empty chair. 3. The chair represents a person who is very close to the visitor or worthy of the visitor’s trust, to whom the visitor is unable or inconvenient to confide directly for various reasons. The second type is called “self-talk”, which is a dialogue between two conflicting parts of the self. If the visitor has a big conflict inside and does not know how to solve it, put two empty chairs in front of the visitor, sit on one chair and play a part of yourself, sit on the other chair and play another part of yourself. The dialogue is carried out sequentially, thus achieving inner integration. This form is mainly used in two ways: 1. For various reasons, the visitor feels that he or she should have done something, but did not do it, causing bad or serious consequences, resulting in a strong sense of guilt, guilt and self-blame. At this point, the empty chair technique is used to allow the visitor to start a dialogue with himself or herself so as to reduce the guilt. 2. When faced with various choices, it is difficult to make up one’s mind or one is at a crossroads in life and does not know where to go, the visitor may escape from reality and even use alcohol, tobacco or other means to anesthetize himself. At this time, using the empty chair technique, the visitor can start a dialogue with himself or herself to clarify his or her values, analyze the pros and cons of various choices, and find a way to solve the problem. The third type is called “others dialogue” which is used for the dialogue between oneself and others, when operating, two chairs can be placed in front of the visitor, when sitting on top of one chair, they play themselves; when sitting on the other chair, they play others, and the two start a dialogue, so that they can consider the problem from the perspective of others, and then understand others. It is mainly applied to two aspects: 1. The visitor is self-centered, unable or incapable of understanding, comprehending or forgiving others, so there are difficulties in interpersonal communication, but he or she cannot find the reason. In this case, the empty chair technique is used to start a dialogue between yourself and others, so that the visitor can put himself/herself in other people’s shoes and think about the problem, so that he/she can understand and find the reason for interpersonal difficulties. 2. The visitor has social fear and is afraid to interact with others. In this case, we use the empty chair technique to simulate interpersonal scenarios, so that visitors can reduce their fear and anxiety in this realistic situation and learn or master the skills to interact with others.