Summary:

Welcome back, folks! We are almost through with the beginning, didactic-like episodes where we introduce all the IRT/SASB lingo. Today's episode is introducing SASB and key concepts/terms associated with SASB. The intro to SASB topic is actually broken into two episodes, to make it easier to listen!

If you like this episode, please subscribe, like, and share with your friends. Let us know what you want to hear us talk about in future episodes - we are listening! Check out the ⁠⁠IRT Institute ⁠⁠website for more information on IRT, including training for mental health professionals.

Timestamps/Notes:

3 axes of SASB: Focus, Affiliation, and Interdependence

(08:52) - Axes of SASB

Axis 1 - Focus: Is this about you, or is this about me?

(10:00) - Focus on other

(10:35) - Focus on self relative to other

(11:35) - Focus on self

Axis 2 - Affiliation: Are we in friendly space, or are we in hostile space? Axis 3 - Interdependence: Do we go our separate ways or do we share?

(12:56) - Describing SASB visually, with axes of affiliation (13:00) and interdependence (19:17)

(26:52) - Goals of IRT using SASB - flexibility

(30:40) - The “dances” within SASB

-Principles of similarity, opposites, and complementarity

(38:15) - Baseline of healthy relatedness

References:

Critchfield, K. L., & Benjamin, L. S. (2024). Structural analysis of social behavior: A primer for clinical use. American Psychological Association (APA).