title: "Becoming": a method for expanding systemic thinking and deepening empathic accuracy.
abstract: The method of "becoming", as an approach to increasing empathic ability, promoting exploratory dialogue, and heightening consciousness, is described. The method is seen as applicable across theoretical orientations. It is a way to operationalize Martin Buber's concept of "inclusion," which he defined as a "bold swinging" into the consciousness of another person. Details are given about the method's application to resistance, confusion, defensiveness, criticalness, and other barriers to awareness, relationship, and the co-creation of shared meanings. Case examples are provided to illustrate the use of the method in a variety of contexts.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004645:Empathy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000379:methods; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011368:Professional-Family Relations