Performance Society and Psychotherapeutic Practice
Individualizing Psychotherapy
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https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v31i117.392Keywords:
Sociology, Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Postmodernism, Positive Psychology, Iatrogenesis.Abstract
The situation of psychology cannot be understood apart from the sociopolitical reality in which it develops. The objective of the following article is to analyze the influence in the therapeutic practice of the preponderance of the capitalist system, the emergence of positive psychology and the technical-medical specialization of the profession. Initially, a review of the sociopolitical development of postmodernism and its influence on the conception of people's mental health is made; and the evolution of positive psychology and the technical-medical specialization of the discipline is developed. Subsequently, it reflects on how the previously described factors could be responsible for iatrogenesis in therapy due to the risk they have of isolating the individual, blaming him and promoting the structure of postmodern oppression. Finally, some alternatives are described to take into account during therapeutic practice with the aim of providing holistic and human care during therapy: promoting social capital, empowering the patient and depathologizing suffering.
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