ABSTRACT

In this chapter, the author develops a new method which can apparently be used with all cases of mobbing. It is called the Common Concern method for the treatment of mobbing. Children and even adults started to use the word 'mobbing' to designate all kinds of attacking, even those where only one person attacked the victim. Practically all school psychologists understand immediately that the therapeutic situation is quite removed from an interrogation intended to uncover or state the guilt of a suspected mobber. The vertical axis ranges from 'Communication on equal terms between the therapist and the student suspected of mobbing' to 'Strong experiences of common concern about tormenting the victim'. Many school-teachers, however, need to work more with their own thoughts and feelings in order to discover in practice how to express the guiding theme of common concern for the victim.