Couples Therapy: Analysis of a "Praxis" with a Freirian Perspective

A description of the therapeutic experience is presented to illustrate how couple's therapy can be conceptualized as a “praxis”— action and reflection — and as liberating education for both therapist and client when neither exclusively has the upper‐hand, that is, the power of knowledge or expe...

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Published in:Family process 1990-06, Vol.29 (2), p.119-129
Main Author: DE SANTAMARIA, MARIA CONSUELO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Conflict (Psychology)
Female
Gender Identity
Humans
Male
Marital Therapy - methods
Medical sciences
Personality Development
Problem Solving
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Social Environment
Treatments
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Summary:A description of the therapeutic experience is presented to illustrate how couple's therapy can be conceptualized as a “praxis”— action and reflection — and as liberating education for both therapist and client when neither exclusively has the upper‐hand, that is, the power of knowledge or experience. As a praxis, therapy cannot become a model, nor can theoretical principles be consistently derived and applied. Consequently, presented here is only an outline of the therapeutic process and the conceptual framework in order to encourage both discussion and the never‐ending inquiry that knowledge has to be.
ISSN:0014-7370
1545-5300
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1990.00119.x