Algorithm for psychotherapeutic consultation of a client with a psychosomatic disorder "Allergy". that Nasreddin walks around his house and screams, clapping his hands loudly. - Hey, neighbor! - the man called, coming closer. - What are you doing over there? - I drive away mad elephants. - Are you out of your mind, Molla! After all, there are no mad elephants here! Yes, sure! They don’t like it, oh, they don’t like it! "Prurigo" (lat.) - itching, lust, voluptuousness. Allergy is a hypersensitive reaction to certain irritants. The main question for the client is: “What or who am I allergic to?” What does your disorder look like? What is it associated with? Think of your allergies as a metaphor. Could you comment on this image for me somehow? How does this metaphor relate to your life? What signal does your allergy give you? What is your skin screaming about? To whom could this cry be addressed? Can this be interpreted as the ability to signal with the help of the skin that which cannot be expressed otherwise? Is there something that is straining you in the body area? in work and rest mode, in stress and relaxation, in sexual contacts, in food, in sleep and wakefulness, does insomnia happen to you? Can allergies be interpreted as the ability to achieve something that could not previously be achieved in any other way? Is there someone who annoys you because they “don’t even itch”? At work? In family? For the sake of the future? What people and events seem to “get under your skin?” Who and what “touches you to the core”? Whose “skin” would you not like to be in? Where, when and with whom are you itching to express your opinion, but you don’t do it? For whom and in what situations are your hands itching? At home, at work, among relatives and friends? With whom do you feel “in your place”, like in “your skin”? What have you experienced “in your own skin” that you are not yet ready to tell others about? - Is it related to the body, your achievements, family, other contacts? Who makes you go out of your way and in what situations? Who would you like to “show your claws” to? At home, at work, in contacts? Who and what makes you bristle? Are you familiar with the “I feel like a leper” state? With whom? When? Where? Whose words or silence, actions or inactions irritate you? Can you think of any other proverbs or sayings that you can relate to your disorder? Does appearance matter to you? Yours? Your partners? Children? People that are significant to you? What exactly is important to you? In whom? What causes tension? Irritation? Where and when does this happen? What impact does your disorder have on your life? Your activities? Contacts? What “little things in life” drive you crazy? In the sphere of the body, achievements, contacts, future, meaning of life? If your allergies could protect you, who and what would they protect you from? What do “fairness” and “injustice” mean to you? How are these concepts present in your life? The life of your body? Work? In family? Among friends, neighbors? What is the meaning of justice for you? What events and people come to mind when you hear the saying: “a drop wears away a stone”? What or who is “sharpening” you, “undermining” your strength? What do you feel for these people? How do you feel about yourself? How do you feel now, telling me about THIS? Maybe you want to keep someone "away from you"? Maybe someone is trying to get you to take actions or relationships that you don’t want to allow? In the sphere of the body? In activity? In contacts? Do you know that the Snake.