Constructivism in Psychotherapy

by Robert A. Neimeyer (Editor), Michael J. Mahoney (Editor)

Provides a broad introduction to the principles of constructivist theory as well as an in-depth exploration of constructivist practice involving a wide range of clinical problems encountered in day-to-day practice.

Genres: Psychology

436 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2009

Reviews

[Ethan Ganes]

Nothing exceptional, a good explanation of constructivist approach but not much more. Does what it needs to do though.

[Kate R.]

This eats

[Roslyn Ross]

"Like Kant, constructivists believe that "reality" is ultimately nominal--that is, it lies beyond the reach of our most ambitious theories, whether personal or scientific, forever denying us as human beings the security of justifying our beliefs, faiths, and ideologies by simple recourse to "objective circumstances" outside ourselves."

"Gone is the faith in an objectively knowable universe..."

"Even the self has been dethroned from a position of agency, freedom, and conscious self-determination..."

Babies don't discover reality. They invent it. SERIOUSLY?!!!

If you don't eat, you WILL die. And if you don't tell your non-self the right story about that wall up ahead you WILL walk right into it. Ugh.

Constructivism is basically Waldorf for grownups. Reality is unknowable, so all we can do is tell stories and all we are is stories. Like Waldorf, therapists are there to manipulate the story.

There is nothing new here. Same old therapy, same ways of helping/manipulating people, just rewritten in constructivist language.

Constructivism is very useful for statists, socialists, communists and others who wish to deny people freedom. No one needs to be free because they don't have such a thing as a self. They just need a story about freedom that makes them feel good.

A truly disturbing ideology.

[R.]

Manual recomendado para introducirnos en qué es y cómo trabajar desde la Perspectiva Constructivista. Neimeyer es referencia en el ámbito.