"The trojan horse or the trumpets of jericho: the process of change in psychotherapy "
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https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v12i46/47.546Keywords:
change, resistance, psychotherapy, process, therapeutic balanceAbstract
In this article the process of change in psychotherapy is compared to the siege, destruction and reconstruction of a town. The classical and biblical epic poems of the conquest of Troy and Jericho, become metaphors of different strategies to promote change in psychotherapy. The strategy of the horse of Troy is presented as an appropriate metaphor to change without resistance, whereas the demolition of the walls of Jericho by the uproar of trumpets represents the attempt to defeat the town’s resistance. The meaning and the application of these strategies to the psychotherapeutic process of change are illustrated by means of different cases.
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