#08 What does change mean? Self, identity, and the goal of psychotherapy

The question of all questions: What do we mean when we say that therapy brings about change?

Then, if there are different types of therapy, are there also different kinds of change?

And furthermore, when it comes to the person - "who" is changing? And, where should we start if we want to build the sense a person has of being themselves?

References:

Kellog S., Torres A. (2021) Chairwork invites you to shift perspective on who you are. Aeon

Kiverstein J, Rietveld E, Denys D. (2021) World Wide Open. Aeon

Rossi Monti M. (2016) Manuale di psichiatria per psicologi. Carocci Editore.

Rosfort, R., & Stanghellini, G. (2015). The Patient as an Autonomous Person: Hermeneutical Phenomenology as a Resource for an Ethics for Psychiatrists . In J. Z. Sadler, W. van Staden, & KWM. Fulford (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics (Vol. 1, pp. 319-335). Oxford https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198732365.013.26

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