This questionnaire, “My goal in 12 questions,” offers a significant number of avenues to explore to help you identify the probable roots of a problem. This tool gives you a wealth of valuable information about the guided person’s experience, whether it concerns their social network, family relationships, or professional environment. If you use the Méthode Dolfino® for yourself, you’ll find that “My goal in 12 questions” remains essential for introspection.

The goal here is not to push you toward an in-depth analysis of your situation or someone else’s, but rather to encourage you to better understand your own path or that of the person you’ll be guiding. The anamnesis (the account of background history) should not exceed 15 minutes.

The Méthode Dolfino® classifies the origins of a problem into four categories

Biological origins are linked to a sedentary lifestyle, a genetic condition, an imbalanced diet, or more or less healthy lifestyle habits:

Marc lacks physical exercise since he spends all his days face to face with his laptop.

Lucie can’t find the motivation to learn to like fruits and vegetables; her fridge is full of ready-made meals.

Colette has no idea what a sleep routine is.

Social origins stem from social bonds (friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc.):

Guy has had only one friend for more than 25 years. That friend is now seriously ill.

Annie feels overwhelmed by the habits of her new next-door neighbors.

Sarah is being harassed by a coworker.

Family origins come from family bonds (parental attachment, relationships between siblings, abandonment, experiences of violence, etc.)

Gilles grew up in a family where communication was rare and outbursts of violence frequent.

Even as an adult, Amélie is in constant competition with her twin sister Adèle.

Environmental origins instead come from living or working environments not suited to the individual’s needs.

Johanne has been experiencing strange discomforts since she started a new night job at an electrical parts factory.

Mégane, a young woman from the countryside, has trouble sleeping since moving into a Paris apartment to pursue her studies.

Origins whose sources remain unknown are unconscious.

Michel has been afraid of water since he was a baby. Neither he nor his parents understand where this fear comes from.

Emotional origins relate to difficulties in managing emotions.

Mélanie is very impatient with her children and flies into fits of anger with her partner as soon as her stress level at work rises.

Spiritual origins stem from a search for answers to spiritual or existential questions.

Charles hesitates to take the big leap toward a career change and do a job that is completely different from what he does now. In fact, he is deeply questioning his life mission and his role within the community.

Rational origins are those that result from projections, interpretations, or mental mechanisms.

Rachelle rarely talks to the other students in her university program because she is convinced they find her uninteresting. Several times a day, negative internal dialogue and looping thoughts supply her with a host of arguments that back up her interpretation.