TY - CHAP U1 - Buchbeitrag A1 - Kabatnik, Susanne A1 - Nikendei, Christoph A1 - Ehrenthal, Johannes C. A1 - Spranz-Fogasy, Thomas ED - Scarvaglieri, Claudio ED - Graf, Eva-Maria ED - Spranz-Fogasy, Thomas T1 - Relationship management by means of solution-oriented questions in German psychodiagnostic interviews T2 - Relationships in organized helping. Analyzing interaction in psychotherapy, medical encounters, coaching and in social media N2 - The article addresses Solution-Oriented Questions (SOQs) as an interactional practice for relationship management in psychodiagnostic interviews. Therapeutic alliance results from the concordance of alignment, as willingness to cooperate regarding common goals, and of affiliation, as relationship based upon trust. SOQs particularly allow for both: They are situated at the end of a troublesome topic area, which is linked to low agency on the patient’s side, and they reveal understanding of and interest in the patient. Following the paradigm of Conversation Analysis and German Gesprächsanalyse this paper analyzes the design and functions of SOQs as a means for securing and enhancing the relationship in the process of therapy. Our data comprise 15 videotaped first interviews following the manual of the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics. The analyses refer to all SOQs found but will be illustrated by means of a single conversation. T3 - Pragmatics & beyond : new series - 331 KW - relationship KW - therapeutic alliance KW - solution-oriented questions KW - psychodiagnostic interview KW - psychotherapy KW - Frage KW - Deutsch KW - Psychologische Diagnostik KW - Interaktion KW - Arbeitsbündnis KW - Konversationsanalyse KW - Psychotherapie Y1 - 2022 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-112484 SN - 0922-842X SS - 0922-842X SN - 978-90-272-5755-0 SB - 978-90-272-5755-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.331.06kab DO - https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.331.06kab N1 - This is a postprint of an article that was published in the book "Relationships in organized helping. Analyzing interaction in psychotherapy, medical encounters, coaching and in social media" (https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.331). The published article is under copyright of Benjamins. The publisher should be contacted for permission to re-use or reprint the material in any form. SP - 127 EP - 149 PB - Benjamins CY - Amsterdam/Philadelphia ER -