Self, sujet et intersubjectivité

Jacobs, Lynne; Philippson, Peter; Wheeler, Gordon; Selz, Ariane

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“…The consequences of the pandemic experience confirm that if years ago, psychotherapy was centered on supporting the separation from blocking relationships , today it is focused on building a sense of “being-with” the other . Over the years, in parallel with social evolution, helping values have changed, embracing a more relational perspective (see, among others, Frank, 2016; Jacobs et al, 2007; Mitchell, 2000; Spagnuolo Lobb, 2013, 2018a, 2019; Stern et al, 2003). More than to be supported in their individual autonomy, people need to live as interconnected people and develop a sense of safety from belonging to a community.…”

Section: The Need For New Relational Values and Relationally Oriented...mentioning

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Gestalt therapy during coronavirus: Sensing the experiential ground and “dancing” with reciprocity.

Lobb¹

2020

The Humanistic Psychologist

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Building on the social experiences that have formed the backdrop to the pandemic, some of the relational dimensions that have come to the forefront today are described. The need for a new set of values in humanistic psychology is addressed, from support for individual potential to building a sense of "being-with" the other, embracing a more relational perspective. The author proposes looking to the paradigm of reciprocity, applied through an aesthetic approach and inspired by gestalt hermeneutics (phenomenological and field oriented), and presents aesthetic relational knowledge (Spagnuolo Lobb, 2018a) as a means of working through the suffering of the client in a contextualized way, considering the resonance of the therapist as part of the experiential field of the client. This new humanistic value can be realized by focusing on the "dance" of reciprocity between the therapist and the client (a model under research that considers mutual perceptions and reactions to the perceptions of the other, supported by the vitality that each one places in being-with the other). In this way, therapeutic change can include both figure and ground experiences. A consequence of this new value is a turn in the ethical position of the psychotherapist: from a narcissistic effort to be a "good therapist" to an aesthetic attitude that doesn't deny limits and puts the presence of the other in the foreground. An important consequence for therapists is to take care of themselves so that they are able to deal with the trauma of the pandemic, which is also strengthened through constant dialogue with the professional community.

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Section: The Need For New Relational Values and Relationally Oriented...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Gestalt therapy during coronavirus: Sensing the experiential ground and “dancing” with reciprocity.

Lobb¹

2020

The Humanistic Psychologist

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Self, sujet et intersubjectivité

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Gestalt therapy during coronavirus: Sensing the experiential ground and “dancing” with reciprocity.

Gestalt therapy during coronavirus: Sensing the experiential ground and “dancing” with reciprocity.

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