Of Neurons And Knowings: Constructivism, Coherence Psychology, And Their Neurodynamic Substrates

This first of three articles creates a framework for bringing the phenomenology of psychotherapy into fruitful coordination with neuroscientific knowledge. We suggest that constructivism is a conceptual paradigm adequate to this task. An examination of the main features of psychological constructivi...

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Published in:Journal of constructivist psychology 2007-07, Vol.20 (3), p.201-245
Main Authors: Toomey, Brian, Ecker, Bruce
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This first of three articles creates a framework for bringing the phenomenology of psychotherapy into fruitful coordination with neuroscientific knowledge. We suggest that constructivism is a conceptual paradigm adequate to this task. An examination of the main features of psychological constructivism and of neural constructivism serves to demonstrate their strong convergence. Attention then turns to a particular implementation of psychological constructivism, the relatively recently developed psychotherapeutic system known as coherence therapy or coherence psychology. We provide an account of the extensive neuroscientific evidence supporting this system's model of clinical symptoms as being produced by coherent, unconscious knowledge structures held in implicit, subcortical memory. Suggestions for research that could test our analysis are the focus of our conclusion.
ISSN:1072-0537
1521-0650
DOI:10.1080/10720530701347860