Intentionality: The fabric of relationality.

Bloom, Dan

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“…However, as suggested by modern developments in quantum physics ( Heisenberg, 1927 ; Schrödinger, 1944 ; Fantappiè, 2011 ) explaining phenomena uniquely by the causality principle might be scarcely effective in natural science and, as widely discussed by Heidegger in the Zollikon Seminars, completely misleading and objectifying when approaching human suffering and healing ( Meynen and Verburgt, 2009 ). Indeed, suffering is not only “caused by” but it has an intention, it tends towards something ( Spagnuolo Lobb, 2013 ; Roubal et al, 2017 ; Bloom, 2020 ). Even severe psychopathological suffering, after all, makes sense and “is about something,” i.e., it carries (to suffer: from latin sub-ferre , to carry) an intentionality for reaching out and making sense of the world (i.e., intentionality of contacting in Gestalt theory; Francesetti, 2015 , 2021 ; Bloom, 2020 ).…”

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“…Indeed, suffering is not only “caused by” but it has an intention, it tends towards something ( Spagnuolo Lobb, 2013 ; Roubal et al, 2017 ; Bloom, 2020 ). Even severe psychopathological suffering, after all, makes sense and “is about something,” i.e., it carries (to suffer: from latin sub-ferre , to carry) an intentionality for reaching out and making sense of the world (i.e., intentionality of contacting in Gestalt theory; Francesetti, 2015 , 2021 ; Bloom, 2020 ). As any self-regulating autopoietic biological system ( Maturana and Varela, 1980 ), humans are intrinsically oriented to growth ( Dempster, 2000 ).…”

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Beauty and Uncertainty as Transformative Factors: A Free Energy Principle Account of Aesthetic Diagnosis and Intervention in Gestalt Psychotherapy

Sarasso

Francesetti²,

Roubal

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Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Drawing from field theory, Gestalt therapy conceives psychological suffering and psychotherapy as two intentional field phenomena, where unprocessed and chaotic experiences seek the opportunity to emerge and be assimilated through the contact between the patient and the therapist (i.e., the intentionality of contacting). This therapeutic approach is based on the therapist’s aesthetic experience of his/her embodied presence in the flow of the healing process because (1) the perception of beauty can provide the therapist with feedback on the assimilation of unprocessed experiences; (2) the therapist’s attentional focus on intrinsic aesthetic diagnostic criteria can facilitate the modification of rigid psychopathological fields by supporting the openness to novel experiences. The aim of the present manuscript is to review recent evidence from psychophysiology, neuroaesthetic research, and neurocomputational models of cognition, such as the free energy principle (FEP), which support the notion of the therapeutic potential of aesthetic sensibility in Gestalt psychotherapy. Drawing from neuroimaging data, psychophysiology and recent neurocognitive accounts of aesthetic perception, we propose a novel interpretation of the sense of beauty as a self-generated reward motivating us to assimilate an ever-greater spectrum of sensory and affective states in our predictive representation of ourselves and the world and supporting the intentionality of contact. Expecting beauty, in the psychotherapeutic encounter, can help therapists tolerate uncertainty avoiding impulsive behaviours and to stay tuned to the process of change.

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Beauty and Uncertainty as Transformative Factors: A Free Energy Principle Account of Aesthetic Diagnosis and Intervention in Gestalt Psychotherapy

Sarasso

Francesetti²,

Roubal

et al. 2022

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…Our definition of intentionality resonates, however, with current thinking in three inter-related ways. First, current thinking regards intentionality as a response of people in stressful situations, as a form of coping (see Bloom, 2020 ). Second, scholars agree that stress and disruption can lead people to act in ways that instill purpose and meaning in their lives (e.g., Vignoles et al, 2006 ).…”

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The influence of COVID-19 pandemic on consumer–brand relationships: evidence of brand evangelism behaviors

2022

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The paper reports findings from a two-stage study of consumer–brand relationships conducted between April 2021 and June 2021, at a time the COVID-19 pandemic had forced consumers to live through social distancing mandates and school/office closures. Initial exploration via focus groups began in April 2021 for the purpose of generating grounded theory, hypotheses, and measurement scales relevant to their experiences of brand consumption during this period. The second study tested the grounded hypotheses based on a nationwide sample of consumers in June 2021. The study finds evidence of three distinct brand-related behaviors in response to the COVID-19-induced stresses; i.e., heightened intentionality about brand choices, heightened concern for brand sponsors’ ethical behaviors toward their employees, and engagement in brand evangelism behaviors.

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“…Bernd Bocian's (2020) report follows; it underlines the importance of the therapist's self-care and the concept of self-support, which was important for Fritz and Lore Perls, founders of Gestalt therapy, and implies the ability to mobilize our own resources in moments of danger and when we might be alone. The New Yorker Dan Bloom (2020) brings clinical examples at the height of the pandemic and describes how Gestalt therapy's concepts of intentionality, contacting, and relationality come together as the intentionality of contacting that forms the fabric of relationality. Miriam Taylor (2020) describes the pandemic as a collective trauma and the possibilities given by the concept of relational field.…”

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Dialogues on psychotherapy at the time of coronavirus: An introduction.

Lobb¹

2020

The Humanistic Psychologist

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This report provides a framework of the special section titled "Dialogues on Psychotherapy at the Time of Coronavirus." Twelve prominent Gestalt psychotherapists and trainers from different parts of the world were invited to discuss their pandemic experience by the Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy-Postgraduate School of Psychotherapy recognized by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. The webinar, organized on May 15-16, 2020, hosted 850 participants from all over the world, who were able to reflect on how to improve their skills as psychotherapists in this time of global trauma, and to transform this momentous event into an opportunity for growth. New humanistic values emerged from their dialogue: a shift from supporting the development of personal power to the new value of being-with and recognizing the other. This discussion revealed how Gestalt psychotherapy, with its perspective on the self as a process that takes place at the contact boundary with the environment, and its relational soul that looks at the cocreation between therapist and client, can contribute significantly to this turning point. The presenters have reported in this section their personal, clinical and theoretical reflections offered during the webinar. Their aim can be expressed with the question "How can we recount to our children what we are living with a sense of beauty and courage, so that they can move forward in their own lives, relying on a safe and meaningful foundation?"Editor's Note. This is an introduction to the special section "Dialogues on Psychotherapy at the Time of Coronavirus." Please see the Table of Contents here: https://psycnet.apa.org/journals/hum/48/4.-SDCThis article aims to introduce a series of reports collected in a special section of The Humanistic Psychologist dedicated to a Gestalt psychotherapy perspective on the pandemic. These reflections were presented during the international webinar Dialogues on Psychotherapy at the Time of

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Intentionality: The fabric of relationality.

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Beauty and Uncertainty as Transformative Factors: A Free Energy Principle Account of Aesthetic Diagnosis and Intervention in Gestalt Psychotherapy

Beauty and Uncertainty as Transformative Factors: A Free Energy Principle Account of Aesthetic Diagnosis and Intervention in Gestalt Psychotherapy

The influence of COVID-19 pandemic on consumer–brand relationships: evidence of brand evangelism behaviors

Dialogues on psychotherapy at the time of coronavirus: An introduction.

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