Postmodern thinking as a possible rudiment for integration of different therapeutic approaches

Vol.1,No.3-4(2007)

Abstract

This article presents main ways to integration of different psychotherapeutic approaches and also presents postmodern thinking - especially (radical) constructivism and social constructionism - as a suitable basis for integration of different therapeutic approaches. Thus it introduces into basic concepts of postmodern view of epistemology and causality and offers some guidelines for practice based on postmodern philosophy. There are some shared concepts between postmodern thinking and current therapeutic approaches showed in the article. Theoretic reflections are appended by practice example.


Keywords:
epistemology; integration; postmodern thinking; psychotherapy
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