On Vulnerability
Personal Reflections on Knowing, Knowingness, and Meaning Making in Psychotherapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20179252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Rowland (0009-0002-4735-8635, Arrow International (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 277-287 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0362153716662874 |
| OpenAlex | W2502467746 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
The author takes a metaperspective on theorizing and meaning making in psychotherapy in order to understand how professionals might use theory defensively to guard against feelings of vulnerability. She explores how we can use theorizing either to close down or open up meaning and how the capacity to connect to personal vulnerability can mitigate against a tendency to overdepend on theory or hold too closely to one’s personal meanings and interpretations. The relationship between theorizing, psychosocial discourses, the production of meaning, and the therapeutic encounter are considered using the critique of postmodernism. A case example and personal experience are used to illustrate the material
Epistemology · Feeling · Postmodernism · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |