Conclusion

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The merit of this approach lies in its holistic emphasis and the lack of dependence on the identification of a particular set of needs. By stressing the relationship between various need patterns, a developmental feature is directly incorporated into the approach. A specific need pattern is thus one of a series activated through human and social development. This highlights the possibility of moving the focus of attention from (1) simple need patterns (within which the interneed dynamics are necessarily simple, powerful, and highly resistant to disturbance) to (2) more complex need patterns (within which the powerful dyadic dynamics are distributed throughout the pattern and therefore become more susceptible to handling at a multiplicity of points). Clearly, further work (now in progress) is required to explore what kinds of needs emerge in patterns of different levels of complexity.