The Phenomenology of Psychotherapy

F.T. Varghese, MBBS, FranzcpAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 42, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.3.389

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The psychotherapeutic implications of Husserl’s method of inquiry are examined within the epistemological framework of Kuhn, Piaget, and Popper, which provides a model for both psychopathology and change in psychotherapy. Change results from the experience of the therapeutic relationship that contradicts prior psychopathological paradigms. The phenomenological approach enhances this process.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 42 • Number 3 • 1988, pp. 335–510

Pages: 389 - 403

PubMed: 3177703

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Published in print: 1988, pp. 335–510

Published online: 30 April 2018

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F.T. Varghese, MBBS, Franzcp^*

Chermside, Australia

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Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland; Consultant Psychiatrist, Winston Noble Unit, Prince Charles Hospital, Hamilton Road, Chermside, Queensland 4032, Australia.

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