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Self-Organization in Psychotherapy [electronic resource] : Demarcations of a New Perspective / edited by Arno L. Goudsmit.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Recent Research in PsychologyPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1989Edition: 1st ed. 1989Description: VII, 189 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783642487040
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 150 23
LOC classification:
  • BF1-990
Online resources:
Contents:
By Way of Introduction: Can We Make a Non-Classical Psychology? -- A Metaphor from Quantum Physics and from Phenomenology -- The Weakness of the ’Inside’ Tradition: the Method Fades Out -- The Weakness of the ’Outside’ Tradition: the Object Fades Out -- Object-Method Complementarity and the Relation between both Traditions -- The Domain of a Non-Classical Psychology -- The Inaccessibility of Psychotherapy to Research -- Second Order Cybernetics and Self-Organizing Systems -- Self-Organization in Psychotherapy -- References -- Life, the Multiverse and Everything; an Introduction to the Ideas of Humberto Maturana -- Life: Love and Languaging -- The Multiverse: Expanding the Universe through the Ontology of the Observer -- And Every Thing is Structure -- Implications of Maturana’s Theory for Psychotherapy -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Gestalt Psychology, Gestalt Therapy and the Theory of Autopoiesis -- Definition of Gestalt -- Gestalt Theory and the Theory of Autopoiesis -- The Goal of Gestalt Therapy -- The Gestalt Therapy Process -- The Relation Client — Therapist -- References -- Toward a More Detailed Understanding of Self-Organizing Processes in Psychotherapy -- A Framework for the Description of Change in Psychotherapy: The Selective Activation Model -- The Model of the Negative Class -- Discussion -- References -- Anticipating Autopoiesis: Personal Construct Psychology and Self-Organizing Systems -- Introduction: Varieties of Constructivism -- Self-Organizing Systems -- The Personal Construct System as a Self-Organizing System -- Structure -- Change and Stability -- Stabilizing Change -- The Cognitive Domain -- Implications for Psychotherapy and Ethics -- Kelly: Types of Change -- Concluding Comments -- References -- The Art of Self-Management -- The Image/Symbol Process in theTherapeutic System -- References -- How to Make Use of Oneself as an Instrument in Systemic Therapy -- Differences and Abnormality -- Action and Meaning -- Reflexivity between Action and Meaning -- Autonomy and Structural Coupling -- Assessment and Structural Coupling -- Relation between Object and Process -- Reflection in Action -- References -- On Blindness and Incomprehension -- Blindness -- Incomprehension -- References -- About the Contributors -- Name Index.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This book presents self-organization as a common theoretical foundation for a variety of therapy styles. New models and conceptual tools that describe and explain some of the crucial features of psychotherapy are discussed. In contrast to other highly theoretical and technical discussions of the subject, this book gives a wider audience an understanding of recent developments.
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By Way of Introduction: Can We Make a Non-Classical Psychology? -- A Metaphor from Quantum Physics and from Phenomenology -- The Weakness of the ’Inside’ Tradition: the Method Fades Out -- The Weakness of the ’Outside’ Tradition: the Object Fades Out -- Object-Method Complementarity and the Relation between both Traditions -- The Domain of a Non-Classical Psychology -- The Inaccessibility of Psychotherapy to Research -- Second Order Cybernetics and Self-Organizing Systems -- Self-Organization in Psychotherapy -- References -- Life, the Multiverse and Everything; an Introduction to the Ideas of Humberto Maturana -- Life: Love and Languaging -- The Multiverse: Expanding the Universe through the Ontology of the Observer -- And Every Thing is Structure -- Implications of Maturana’s Theory for Psychotherapy -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Gestalt Psychology, Gestalt Therapy and the Theory of Autopoiesis -- Definition of Gestalt -- Gestalt Theory and the Theory of Autopoiesis -- The Goal of Gestalt Therapy -- The Gestalt Therapy Process -- The Relation Client — Therapist -- References -- Toward a More Detailed Understanding of Self-Organizing Processes in Psychotherapy -- A Framework for the Description of Change in Psychotherapy: The Selective Activation Model -- The Model of the Negative Class -- Discussion -- References -- Anticipating Autopoiesis: Personal Construct Psychology and Self-Organizing Systems -- Introduction: Varieties of Constructivism -- Self-Organizing Systems -- The Personal Construct System as a Self-Organizing System -- Structure -- Change and Stability -- Stabilizing Change -- The Cognitive Domain -- Implications for Psychotherapy and Ethics -- Kelly: Types of Change -- Concluding Comments -- References -- The Art of Self-Management -- The Image/Symbol Process in theTherapeutic System -- References -- How to Make Use of Oneself as an Instrument in Systemic Therapy -- Differences and Abnormality -- Action and Meaning -- Reflexivity between Action and Meaning -- Autonomy and Structural Coupling -- Assessment and Structural Coupling -- Relation between Object and Process -- Reflection in Action -- References -- On Blindness and Incomprehension -- Blindness -- Incomprehension -- References -- About the Contributors -- Name Index.

This book presents self-organization as a common theoretical foundation for a variety of therapy styles. New models and conceptual tools that describe and explain some of the crucial features of psychotherapy are discussed. In contrast to other highly theoretical and technical discussions of the subject, this book gives a wider audience an understanding of recent developments.

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