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- Title
Psihoterapija brez diagnoz in njen prispevek k družbeni pravičnosti: V spomin Grahamu Barnesu (1936-2020).
- Authors
Možina, Miran
- Abstract
This article, which is written in memory of Graham Barnes, describes his project of »reflexive« or »recursive psychotherapy«, which uses circular logic to turn psychotherapy back onto itself to bite its own tail to investigate its basic premises. With reflexive thinking we cannot step out of theory, but rather into another experience through a comparative epistemology. This entails developing a theory about theories, a language of language, an explanation of someone's experience that is also their experience. On the basis of my personal learning experience with Graham Barnes I describe his understanding of the tragedy in mental health and psychotherapy and his endeavours for the realization of psychotherapy which is not theory centered and which looks at psychopathology as invention rather than as a discovery. Three concepts - justice, love and wisdom - are then presented, which Barnes proposes as the key elements of psychotherapy as a talking activity and a way of persuasion, which can contribute to the development of civilization and democracy. Using the idea of »auditory hallucination« and with a vignette from clinical practice, it is shown how reflexive psychotherapy can reframe psychopathology to prevent pathologization, objectivizing connotations and stigmatizing the social impacts of psychiatric diagnostic categories. It is then shown how Barnes' dialogical and reflexive psychotherapy fits with postmodern constructivist ways of practice and how its principles can help psychotherapists to improve their efficacy and flexibility in their responses to the uniqueness of each client. The principles, which Barnes is proposing, have been confirmed by contemporary process - outcome research about what works in psychotherapy and by common factors theory on which the client-directed approach is based. The article concludes with showing how Barnes since his childhood was always creatively stepping beyond limitations and as a nonconformist stood up against unjust social restrictions.
- Publication
KAIROS - Slovenian Journal of Psychotherapy, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 3/4, p259
- ISSN
1854-9373
- Publication type
Article