Beziehung ‚schaffen‘, wo sonst niemand ist: Personzentrierte Arbeit mit Klient*innen in ethical loneliness

Abstract

‘Creating’ relationships in the absence of anyone else: person-centered work with clients experiencing ethical loneliness. Person-centered work does not take place exclusively in protected therapy settings. The current global environment is producing ever greater inscrutability and thus uncertainty, especially in the area of relationships and embedding. Relationship and trust processes are becoming increasingly important as a result. This is especially true for disadvantaged clients and clients who were traumatized early in life. But what does person-centered work with multiple-problem clients mean? What are the difficulties that
arise in this context? To what extent can the person-centered approach make a genuine contribution in these cases? To what extent do we need appropriate knowledge to assist such clients? And what practical, personcentered skills are necessary in order to understand clients congruently, appreciatively and empathically in this situation and to convey this understanding in such a way that it really matters? This article reflects on the opportunities for person-centered trust and relationship building in this area of work and discusses the need for psychosocial perspectives in the person-centered approach.