The Relating Theory: Clinical and therapeutic applications
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26253/heal.uth.ojs.sst.2009.31Keywords:
Θεωρία των τύπων ή μορφών του σχετίζεσθαι, Διαπροσωπικό Οκτάγωνο ή Οκτάγωνο Διαπροσωπικών Σχέσεων, Θεραπεία των τύπων ή μορφών του σχετίζεσθαιAbstract
The Relating Theory, the questionnaires that derive from it and their implementation in clinical practice (with case studies, couples and families suffering from various mental disorders) are introduced. The Relating Theory proposes that a person both relates to and is related to by others, either positively or negatively. The Relating therapy aims at replacing negative relating with positive relating and also fortifying the person to cope effectively with the negative relating of others. Couple therapy and family therapy aim at correcting negative interrelating between pairs. The instruments for measuring a person’s negative relating, a couple and a family’s negative interrelating, in conjunction with the therapist’s clinical evaluation, are very useful in psychotherapy, for the understanding and assessment of a person, a couple and a family’s predominant areas of relating difficulties, correspondingly.