From Winnicott's potential space to mutual creative space
A principle for intercultural psychotherapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2394885 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gadi Benezer (College of Management Academic Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 323-339 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transcultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363461511435803 |
| PMID | 22354906 |
| OpenAlex | W2159968739 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper suggests that elaborating Winnicott's idea of "potential space" can provide a conceptual approach to psychotherapy across the cultural divide. The first part of the paper discusses the general problematic of intercultural psychotherapy. This is illustrated with an account of therapeutic work with Ethiopian Jews who have migrated to Israel. There is a significant gap between the Ethiopian cultural codes relevant to psychotherapy and those of the Israeli therapist, who is usually trained in the Western psychotherapeutic tradition. A meaningful and effective therapeutic process can take place if psychotherapist and client cocreate a "mutual creative space
Epistemology · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Therapeutic relationship · Child Therapy and Development · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |