Psychotherapeutic Subjectivities Poster Presentation (original) (raw)

Psychotherapeutic Subjectivities Conclusion

The present dissertation is a qualitative inquiry into the differences in experiences of change in distinct, or even contrary, modalities of psychotherapy—Psychoanalysis (PSA)/Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PDT) and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). As such, the investigation speaks to the actual effects of a given therapeutic approach in the words and narratives of the patients/analysands/clients. The very intention of such research crosses a number of theoretic debates within clinical psychology that have dogged the therapeutic field and show no signs of abatement any time soon. This research aimed to apply the results derived from empirical data regarding the above psychotherapy modalities to the question of Specific Factors vs. Common Factors and attempted to delineate the impact of interventions in what, as is shown below, must be understood in a Contextual model of psychotherapy that allows for a more nuanced consideration of differences in therapeutic relationships. What I conclude from my data indicates that a Contextual model, specifically that proposed by Butler and Strupp, supersedes the Specific Factors vs. Common Factors dichotomy in its explanatory value for understanding processes of therapeutic change.

Shifts in focus in psychotherapy

Ata: Journal of Psychotherapy Aotearoa New Zealand

This paper examines the challenge to the psychotherapist of making a shift in focus in psychotherapy. In so doing it revisits the concerns of a seminal paper of Jung's in which he introduced the notion of four foci or phases in psychotherapy: confession, elucidation, education and transformation. In the present paper Jungian theory is dialogued with contemporary psychoanalytic concepts. 'Symbol', in particular, as a core element of analytical psychology, is presented in terms of the contemporary psychoanalytic notion of 'dialectic'. These notions are used to clarify something of the technical considerations entailed in the execution of the shifts or transitions between psychotherapeutic foci. Condensed out of clinical experience and theoretical ruminations in such varied fields as contemporary psychoanalytic thinking, analytical psychology and transpersonal psychology three symbolic/dialectical attitudes are presented: a commitment to perspicacity, an awareness o...

Challenges and Controversies in Contemporary Psychotherapies

2014

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What are our psychotherapeutic theories and practices producing

European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling

In this paper, in a Foucauldian argument, I draw attention to how psychotherapy is both produced and productive. I argue how psychotherapeutic theories and practices can contribute to generate hegemonic versions of subjectivity that limit the scope of alternative ways of living and feed into individualism. As Rose contends, the psy sciences, including psychotherapy, are highly influential in informing how we make sense of ourselves, and thus in how we produce ourselves. Psychotherapy – through assuming that its theories only reveal psychic mechanisms and that psychotherapeutic practice only helps people to know themselves better and develop – becomes extremely powerful in producing subjectivities whilst believing that it is only a matter of self-discovering. On this basis, I stress the need for questioning psychotherapy. In particular, I explore how engagement with authors associated with the so-called ‘post’ theories can transform psychotherapeutic theories and practices, including questioning the very existence of psychotherapy. As a psychotherapist myself, I attempt to stay uncomfortable and to allow myself to be moved while I grapple with what psychotherapy might become.