Review Essay Creating Space for Difference
- In this article, I critique the empirically supported treatment (EST) movement and discuss the limitations of traditional psychotherapy research from a psychoanalytic perspective. The EST movement is based on a medical model that assumes that a psychotherapeutic treatment can be conceptualized independent of the human relationship in which it takes place. Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis are, however, treatments only in a metaphorical sense and are more akin to educational processes than medical treatments. Every therapeutic dyad is unique, and research that treats therapy as a standardized, disembodied entity will not contribute to our understanding. Nevertheless, there is a real need for psychoanalysts to become more actively involved in psychotherapy research both for political and scientific reasons. Although I do not believe that >empirical validation< in the form envisaged by the American Psychological Association task force is a realistic goal, I do believe in the value of microscopic studies of therapeutic process, particularly in the context of research-informed case histories.
Metadaten| Author: | Hans H. Strupp |
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| Parent Title (English): | Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 11 (2001), pp. 605-619. |
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| Document Type: | Reviews |
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of first Publication: | 2001 |
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| Release Date: | 2017/11/20 |
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| Format: | xerox upon request / Fotokopie auf Anfrage |
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| IdNo: | Strupp_H_H_2001 |
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| Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Reviews / Rezensionen |
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| Licence (German): | xerox upon request |
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