Der Innere Kritiker und der Innere Facilitator –: Personzentriert-experienzielle Psychotherapie mit visualisierter Selbstkommunikation

Abstract

The Inner Critic and the Inner Facilitator — Person-centered experiential psychotherapy via visualized selfcommunication. The view of the person has shifted from a unitary to a pluralistic conceptualization of the self. Thus concepts for therapeutic work with partial egos, especially with self-devaluing cognitive-emotional schemata, have been elaborated in a variety of approaches. The Stuttgart Conception for Work with Partial Egos (SCOPE) integrates well-known process-experiential strategies with some further ideas for interventions. It aims to facilitate constructive inner dialogues and therefore extends the application of basic client-centered counseling skills to work with more than two partial egos, and it conceptualizes an inner facilitator. A manual derived from supervision and therapeutic experience guides therapists through critical stages of the client’s process, including assessing pre-requisites, calming down, becoming aware, differentiating, moving out partial egos, clarifying borders, modifying the dialogue and balancing. We also discuss types of clients who will benefit most.