This article brings forward a conceptual framework to serve as a dialogic bridge between the dyadic world of psychotherapy and the wider sociopolitical world in which that world is embedded. The framework incorporates the explanatory power of complexity systems theory with the experiential insights of a trauma-centered dialogic approach to bring forth a radical contextual view of the psychotherapeutic process whereby the sociopolitical dimension constitutes a continuous and vital presence in the therapeutic field. A clinical corollary to the above is a wider understanding of therapeutic action, including advocating for the patient within traumatizing and abusive systems in the patient's current world. A case discussion illustrates the consequences, both rewarding and painful, for context-sensitive therapists willing to embrace the complex challenges inherent to therapeutic advocacy.
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