Joining
Joining is an application technique used by therapists in systemic (family) therapy . The term joining comes from the English language and translates as adjoining, connecting, connecting, joining together, alliance.
Joining should be understood as a therapeutic alliance between family members and therapists. What is meant is a procedure that pursues the goal of entering into a cooperative working alliance with the family or the family system. The therapist joins the family or creates entry into the family by respecting the applicable hierarchies and existing values, supporting existing subsystems and orienting himself towards the resources and strengths of the system members.
“From the perspective of systemic therapy, targeted, instructive changes to a system 'from outside' are impossible. Rather, it is necessary that a new, therapeutic system is formed that is based on a stable relationship of trust between the therapist and each individual family member. "
Joining is basically required in all discussions in order to create a working alliance.
literature
- Rudolf Klein, Andreas Kannicht: Introduction to the practice of systemic therapy and counseling. Carl-Auer Verlag, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89670-571-6 .
- Virginia Satir et al. a .: Family therapy in action. The Concepts of Virginia Satir in Theory and Practice . Paderborn 1988
Individual evidence
- ↑ Psychology Lexicon.