Definice: reflektování je tehdy systemické, když k reflektování terapeut využívá systemické modely.

The question posed in this article is how the therapist should deal with strong emotions she might experience in the session. This question is especially important if it concerns emotions that –at least on the surface- cannot be considered to contribute to a therapeutic alliance. We offer some eflections as ...

Kenneth Gergen is one of the most widely known contributors to social constructionist thought in the world today. Since the publication of his paper “Social Psychology as History” he has become a central player in what is known as the Social Psychology Crisis.

Essentially, narrative therapists see life as a process of storytelling. Narrative Therapy (NT) is a relatively recent development and it is firmly situated in the social constructivist ap- proach to psychotherapy. For some, what is disconcerting about this approach is that there is no one True Story.

Terapie určitě své místo v sociální práci má. Ne vždy a ne všude, v některých případech je však nezastupitelná a byla by škoda, kdyby ji někteří sociáílní pracovníci neměli ve svém rejstříku.

This conversation discusses the epistemology of social constructionism —theory, method, praxis—in relation with traditional psychology. The first part of the conversation deals with the places and forms of social constructionist thought and with the limits of the traditional positivistic epistemology of psychology. The next part of the conversation focuses on ...

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Examination of the main arguments for radical constructivism and the critical arguments put forward against it. Although there is no reason to doubt the value of constructivism as such, it can be stated that any epistemological radicalism lacks plausibility. There is ample evidence that we still can adopt a critical ...

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Humberto Maturana has generated a coherent and extensive explicatory matrix that encompasses his research in neurophysiology, cognition, language, emotion, and love. Can we formulate a map of Maturana’s work in a manner that is consistent with the systemic matrix it represents and that serves as an aid for understanding Maturana’s ...

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Maturana’s work is not easy to follow. Correct and full understanding of his work has still to be achieved in spite of its importance. The objective of this paper is to investigate the core logic penetrating Maturana’s wide-ranging work and to place his work in the history of western thought.

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Introduced in 1970, bioethics is now more and more commonly used since it applies to a variety of concepts belonging to traditional Western thought. Just like other dualisms that are typical of traditional Western thought (e.g., mind/body, subject/object, philosophy/science), bioethics is developing in areas that are mostly isolated from each ...

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