2011 SOUNIO: TOXIC AND BENEFICIAL MICROCLIMATES

Toxic and beneficial microclimates

In Antistixis we have used the term microclimate which comes from meteorology and is used to describe the specialized climatic conditions in a small area to describe the microclimate of relationships. It is about the atmosphere created in relationships by the interaction of partners, members of a family or a human group.

There is the toxic microclimate such as depressive, paranoid, competitive or domineering.

But there is also the beneficial one that enhances creativity and allows the emergence of the best self.

Therapists have to deal with the microclimate of relationships as the microclimate is the decisive framework for the quality of personal life and is a criterion for the functionality of a relationship.