pro·voc·a·tive / prəˈväkətiv/

1. to arouse to a feeling or action
2. to incite to anger, arousing sexual desire or interest, esp. deliberately.
3. to call forth (as a feeling or action) : evoke [provoke laughter]
4. to stir up purposely [provoke a fight]
5. to provide the needed stimulus for [will provoke a lot of discussion]

style / stīl

1. the way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed
2. a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character

If you’ve ever said something insightful and funny to someone, something that gave them insight into their own behaviour and offered them an opportunity to grow, then you will love this.

Provocative Style is a way of operating within the world that doesn’t ask for permission, excuse itself, or shrink away into the background. A person with a Provocative Style stands out and presents themself as engaging, challenging, hilarious and kind. It is a way of being that permeates your existence, demands attention and commands respect.

That was delightfully poetic, but thoroughly useless. You came here for information. You’re foraging for inspiration in a dark and seedy annal of the internet, ingesting this prose with your tired eyes, hoping it will start to make sense.

Frank Farrelly

Provocative Therapy was born from the work of a groundbreaking psychotherapist called Frank Farrelly, who is a cranky and hilarious old man that developed a rather extreme (and effective) way of dealing with mental patients.

He shook the foundations of the old, mild and watered down ‘person centered psychology’ which reduced psychotherapists to parrots. He dealt with the most intractable mental patients and became, to them, a bastard and a best friend and a jester and a therapist, all rolled into one.

His ideas, infused with a hypnotic style and a performer’s flair, became a way of being. Provocative is a style of seduction, a method of negotiation, of sales, of presenting, of interacting with the world around you meaningfully and purposefully.

Provocative Style is not something you can buy. It is not a self-absorbed quest to ‘find’ yourself. It is not something you can ‘do’ occasionally. Provocative Style is a way of being.