Thinking about Thoughts in Practising Psychotherapy

By juxtaposing a phenomenological-existential mode of understanding with the mainstream therapeutic modality of cognitive behavioural therapy, this paper considers how the mode in which a therapist chooses to understand a client's thoughts may manifest in practice, and the potential implication...

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Published in:The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Main Author: Rossouw, Gabriel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Rhodes University [2015]
In: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2015, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-8
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Psychotherapy / Thinking / Thought
RelBib Classification:VA Philosophy
ZD Psychology
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Summary:By juxtaposing a phenomenological-existential mode of understanding with the mainstream therapeutic modality of cognitive behavioural therapy, this paper considers how the mode in which a therapist chooses to understand a client's thoughts may manifest in practice, and the potential implications thereof for the authenticity and effectiveness of the therapeutic process. In conclusion, the author points to the similar challenges confronting both client and therapist when thoughts are heard, despite the clamour of the collective voice, as a call from the lived to the self to explore its own possibilities.
ISSN:1445-7377
Contains:Enthalten in: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/20797222.2015.1101832