Author: master of short-term strategic therapy Oleg Vladimirovich Surkov Short-term strategic therapy Short-term strategic therapy is based on social constructivism. There is no single reality, but many individual realities. Each person, in interaction 1) with himself, 2) other people and 3) with the world around him, builds his own model, a picture of reality, and acts in accordance with his model. When a person has a problem and when he begins to suffer from some aspects of his behavior : from interaction with other people, thoughts and emotions, then the task of therapeutic intervention is to make some changes in his system of ideas. Make sure that as a result of the therapeutic process, the system of his ideas is slightly restructured, so that changes are made that would allow the person to have a more functional existence. In a systemic approach, we always talk about the PROBLEM, we do not talk about the disease, we do not talk about the disorder. We are working with a problematic situation. The problem arises when either the person himself or those around him experience suffering. In the systems approach there is an important concept: Attempts at Solution (SAT). Every person can find himself in a difficult situation; being in such a situation, he strives to find a solution to this difficulty. Most people get out of a difficult situation by using one solution or another. In certain situations, a person, in order to get out of a difficult situation, begins to make Attempted Solutions, which turn out to be neither effective nor rational. The difficulty is not resolved, but reproduced. Why does he keep doing the same PPRs? Because, for example, with the help of transference, he did something in some situation that resolved the situation, and since it was effective there, it means that I will repeat it in this case. Or because he thinks that by doing this I will solve the situation. When exactly does the problem arise? When, despite the fact that his attempts at solutions turn out to be ineffective, he continues to apply them. And then the problem arises, i.e. the problem arises and is maintained by the use of the same PPR. For a strategic approach, it is very important that we do not study the cause of the problem, we do not make long journeys into the past in order to study the problem. The task of the strategic therapist is to study how the problem operates “here and now”, in the present moment, and what maintains the persistence of its existence. These may be the patient’s own personal injury problems or those of his environment. Since the system continues to exist, PPRs are not effective. At the same time, they continue to reproduce and reproduce. In the case of a phobic state, a person is afraid to enter the subway. His perception is DANGER (the metro is something dangerous). He undertakes PPR - AVOIDANCE (I will not take the subway). Each time he avoids using the subway, he confirms his perception of danger. His idea of ​​the subway as something dangerous is strengthened. Next time he won't take the subway again. This constantly mutually influencing system is called the perceptive-reactive system. Sign up for a consultation: phone 8-905-793-2237 skype sovlad2e-mail: [email protected] Oleg Vladimirovich Surkov I work with my soul! If the article was interesting for you, then the author will be pleased for your Thank you. This will inspire you to write new interesting articles.!