To support shaping competence of social subsystems

Authors

  • Kai Lenßen

Keywords:

Psychosocial counseling, shaping competence, social subsystems, resource dilemmas, behavior modification, behavior-variogram

Abstract

The need for psychosocial counseling grows with the occupational, daily, interpersonal and social challenges which we are faced to. Its main objective is therefore to support methodological, reflexive, social and shaping skills of clients - including all levels of action in different social subsystems. The interactions between complex external conditions and individual decision-making and behaviors make it necessary counseling processes continues to systematize and operate interdisciplinary. Professional councelors are encouraged to develop comprehensible, realistic and effective problem solving strategies with clients. The article shows, how the counselor-client system can meet the requirements of shaping and action competence. To clarify, the author presents a multi-functional intervention tool for practitioners: the behavior variogram VVg (VVg is the abbrevation for the german name of the behavior Variogram "Verhaltens-Variogramm").

Author Biography

Kai Lenßen

Sozialer Verhaltenswissenschaftler; Master of Counselling; Personzentrierter Berater; Verkehrspsychologe; zunächst Bundesbeamter, später Hochschulstudium Psychologie, Pädagogik, Rechtswissenschaft; ab 2001 umwelt- und sozialpsychologische Beratung im Rahmen kommunaler Nachhaltigkeitsprozesse; seit 2005 Leitung der Beratungsstelle für Psychosoziale und Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Gefährdungsbeurteilung psychosoziale Gesundheit; Interventionsforschung; Lehrbeauftragung an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut).

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Published

2014-01-01

How to Cite

Lenßen, Kai. 2014. “To Support Shaping Competence of Social Subsystems”. Journal für Psychologie 22 (2). https://journal-fuer-psychologie.de/article/view/353.

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2014): Reflexivität in der Beratung

Section

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