| Abstract: | Resource orientation is a transdiagnostic and integrative approach. It is more than just a technique and corresponds closer to a therapeutic attitude. Disorder-specific models and resource orientation complement each other. Resource activation aims at the utilization of already existing resources to achieve the therapeutic targets. Resource orientation has many advantages: the working alliance is improved, the patient experiences positive emotions in therapy sessions, the expectations of self-efficacy and self-confidence are strengthened and problem solving is promoted. The article presents practically relevant tangible methods in terms of systematic resource diagnostics and helpful resource activating interventions. An appropriate balance between problem actualization and resource activation is necessary so that the patient does not get the impression that the individual suffering will be trivialized, negated or made taboo. |
