The Representation of Form, Field and Transformation in Psychotherapy
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https://doi.org/10.12775/ths.2002.032Keywords
psychotheraphy, form, field, transformation, spatial model, hermeutic reflectionAbstract
The material reported in this paper has grown out of an ongoing dialogue between a psychiatrist and a computer scientist. The former is concerned with the development of meaningful communication between an expert practitioner in psychotherapy and trainees especially within the context of supervision, and the latter with the characterisation of complex domains of knowledge in relation to the possible development of computer-based support systems. The challenge of the ongoing study reported here has been to analyse some of the key concepts in the psychiatrist’s domain of expertise with the result of developing a visual metaphor for helping to integrate and clarify these concepts.References
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