Utilization

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The term utilization (from the Latin utilis = usable, suitable; also often used as a verb utilize ) was coined by the American psychiatrist Milton H. Erickson . It describes a basic therapeutic attitude that tries to use everything that a patient brings into the treatment, as well as aspects of the treatment situation, for the success of the therapy.

Erickson was the first to use the term utilization to describe a principle of successful work with hypnosis and in psychotherapy. From there it was adopted into the terminology of hypnotherapy , neurolinguistic programming and systemic therapy . Erickson writes: “These methods rely on using the subject's own attitudes, sensations, thinking and behavior; Furthermore, aspects of the real situation [...] were used in a wide variety of ways. ”( Milton Erickson : Collected Writings by Milton H. Erickson: Volume 5) He speaks of“ using the test person's own reaction patterns and abilities instead of trying to explain them to him Suggestion to impose the hypnotist's limited understanding of how to behave and what to do. "( Milton Erickson : Collected Writings of Milton H. Erickson: Volume 4)

In the lexicon of systemic work the definition can be found:

"Utilization is the attitude to meet every peculiarity of the client and his life situation with appreciation and to use what is unique about it."

Erickson is best known for numerous case histories in which he used the symptoms of clients through techniques such as paradoxical intervention , reframing , ritual and practical behavioral tasks to resolve them. He sees the therapist's task as being "to accept the behavior patterns shown by the patient and to follow them, however unfavorable they may appear in the clinical situation." Accordingly, utilization describes the attitude of adapting the therapy to the client, i.e. more likely to accept it individualize than standardize. The concept of utilization is "linked (...) with the concept of pacing and leading from hypnotherapy, that is, of accompanying and leading as two constantly connected and related attitudes in therapy."

literature

  • Innovative Hypnotherapy I. In: Ernest L. Rossi (Ed.): Collected writings by Milton H. Erickson. tape 5 . Carl-Auer-Verlag, Heidelberg 1998, ISBN 3-931574-36-9 , p. 200 .
  • Hypnosis. Induction, psychotherapeutic application, examples . In: Ernest L. Rossi (ed.): Collected writings of Milton H. Erickson. tape 4 . Pfeiffer, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-7904-0265-6 , p. 32 .
  • Stefan Hammel: Handbook of therapeutic utilization. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-608-89108-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan Hammel: Utilization. In: Jan V. Wirth, Heiko Kleve (Hrsg.): Lexicon of systemic work. Basic concepts of systemic practice, methodology and theory. Carl-Auer-Verlag, Heidelberg 2012, p. 441 ff.
  2. ^ Ernest L. Rossi (ed.): Collected writings by Milton H. Erickson. Carl Auer Verlag, Heidelberg, Volume 6, p. 344.
  3. ↑ Stefan Hammel: Handbook of therapeutic utilization. On the use of the useless in psychotherapy, child and family therapy, medicine and counseling. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2011, p. 16.