Inherent Self, Invented Self, Empty Self: Constructivism, Buddhism, and Psychotherapy
✍ Scribed by Spencer A. McWilliams
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0160-7960
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✦ Synopsis
Constructivist and Buddhist approaches to counseling and psychotherapy share increasing popularity as well as similar epistemological assumptions and understanding of human dysfunction and its amelioration. These approaches can be seen as consistent with postmodern psychology, which is distinguished from a realist or foundationalist view. This article provides an overview of these 2 models and describes some of their implications for psychopathology and psychotherapy, including examples of specific therapeutic approaches drawn from each perspective that might mutually inform practitioners who wish to apply this perspective to a higher view of the human situation.