Interviewing the Internalized Other and the Distributed Self
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21320065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karl Tomm (0000-0003-3502-9076, University of Calgary and Calgary Family Therapy Centre Calgary Alberta Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e70025-e70025 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family Process (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-7370 • E-ISSN: 1545-5300 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/famp.70025 |
| PMID | 40098567 |
| OpenAlex | W4408579074 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
A unique psychotherapeutic method of Internalized Other Interviewing (IOI) has emerged over the last 35 years. It is based on a social constructionist and bringforthist perspective in which a person as a self‐aware individual is seen to arise through a rich history of interaction with other human beings. If a therapist can apply this understanding and conceive of the self as constituted by an internalized community in one's memory, it becomes coherent to interview any member of that inner community as an internalized other within the client. As a result, the possibilities for intervention in a client's relationships are expanded. If the IOI method is used in the presence of the actual other in conjoint work, the latter could meet their distributed self as they exist in the interviewee, and even more change possibilities arise. This paper focuses on applying the method in clinical practice using examples, transcripts, and commentary
Intervention (counseling) · Interview · Perspective (graphical) · Psychotherapist · Self · Social relation · Sociology · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |