The Coronavirus in Context
Guidance for Psychotherapists During a Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9057892 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan D Raskin (0000-0001-6583-221X, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY, USA, corresponding author), Jay S Efran (0000-0002-7955-4561, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-172 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022167820937509 |
| OpenAlex | W3037324102 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
We outline a context-centered therapy approach to helping clients cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Context-centered therapy is a constructivist approach that emphasizes shifts in an individual’s contexts as the best way to generate therapeutic change. Contexts are defined as sets of presuppositions that shape a person’s experiences. We examine how two very common contexts, mind and self, can inform therapists’ understanding of how their clients are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. The mind consists of a person’s defensive and protective postures in the face of perceived threat, whereas the self takes a broader perspective and emphasizes human connections and interrelatedness. Therapists can use several mind/self contrasts—blame versus responsibility, insufficiency versus sufficiency, being at effect versus being at cause, and avoidance versus mastery—to assist people who are struggling in the face of the coronavirus pandemic
Blame · Context (archaeology) · Coronavirus · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept) · Pandemic · Perspective (graphical) · Presupposition · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Cognitive and psychological constructs research · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |