"Evolutionary psychopathology and constructivist psychotherapy "

Authors

  • Mario Reda Director del Instituto di Psicologia Generale e Clinica. Università degli Studi di Siena. Via Tufi, 1 .I-53100 Siena, Italia.
  • Empar Torres i Aixalà

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v12i48.554

Keywords:

constructivism, evolutive psychopathology, identity, emotions, attachment, internal coherence, narratives, case description.

Abstract

The constructivistic psychoterapist explores with his/her client the emotionally disturbed episodes which are at the origen of the demand. The «evolutive psychopathology» allows to go from a descriptive optic of diagnostic to an explanatory one,. The therapeutic work refers to the significations attributed by the patient to the sensations felt at different moments of his/her development and that are emotionally loaded. The therapist leads the client to identify the sensations that were previously considered as inexplicble and to integrate them into coherence of his/her identity. Such symptoms are often attributed to an external cause -somatic illness, life events, etc. The therapy brings therefore the possibility to widen the knowledge of the self.

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Published

2001-11-01

How to Cite

Reda, M., & Torres i Aixalà, E. (2001). "Evolutionary psychopathology and constructivist psychotherapy ". Revista de Psicoterapia, 12(48), 99–111. https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v12i48.554

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