"I have a right to my problem!"
Critique and reinterpretation of solution-focused thinking in psychotherapy and counselling
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socialnet Materials. Series 14: Kritische Psychologie, Psychotherapie und emanzipatorische Praxis
The therapy approaches of Steve de Shazer and Gunther Schmidt, which can be assigned to solution-focused thinking, are contrasted with the concept of the critical-psychological development figure of Morus Markard. On the one hand, it is shown that the solution-oriented approach is fundamentally unable to address the societal mediation of psychological problems. On the other hand, the author argues that there is a danger of overlooking therapeutically relevant aspects in critical-psychological action analyses. However, this danger can be remedied by consistently referring to the critical-psychological concept of emotions. Building on this, it is examined how considerations of the changeability of social conditions can be helpfully included in psychotherapy. In this context, the importance of the emotion of hope (following Ernst Bloch) for such therapeutic processes is also explained.
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Erik Petter
Psychologe in der Jugendhilfe
Personzentrierte Psychotherapie mit Kindern und Jugendlichen (GwG)
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Petter, Erik, 2024.
"I have a right to my problem!" [online]. socialnet Materials.
Bonn: socialnet, 2024-12-09.
Retrieved 2025-06-14 . https://doi.org/10.60049/1woszf47
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