Resource-oriented child therapy

In relation to current American approaches on the development of a positive psychology, positive psychological assessment and positive therapy different strategies of a resource-oriented child therapy are introduced, which are based on multimodal resource assessment, and which shall effectively complement treatments of disorders. It is distinguished between a therapeutical focussing on personal or environmental client resources, although these forms of treatment are often combined in practice. By examples from child therapeutic practice different possible applications of resource-centered treatments are presented.