Politically Reflective Psychotherapy - Manuel Llorens

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Towards a Contextualized Approach

Manuel Llorens (Autor)

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2020 | 1st ed. 2020
XXV, 182 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-57792-6 (ISBN)

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This book shows how clinical psychology has been deliberately used to label, control and oppress political dissidence under oppressive regimes and presents an epistemological and theoretical framework to help psychologists deal with the political dilemmas that surround clinical practice. Based on his own experience working as a clinical and community psychologist in Venezuela for almost twenty five years, the author recounts the controversial history of how the Bolivarian Revolution has used psychology to persecute and oppress political dissidents, recovers the experience of doing psychotherapy under oppressive regimes in other countries and stresses the importance of developing an ethically and politically aware clinical practice.

The first part of the book presents the dilemmas psychotherapists have faced in different parts of the world, such as the former Soviet Union, USA, China, Spain, Hungary, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela when dealing with the intrusion of the political domain in clinical research and practice and the difficulties clinicians have had in dealing with these issues. The second part of the book presents an epistemological and theoretical framework from which these issues may be tackled effectively.

The book helps raise awareness of the risks of framing psychotherapy as apolitical as well as the benefits of thinking of our lives as contextualized in our political settings. It draws from several theoretical options that have been useful to challenge traditional clinical theory and include the political in our clinical comprehensions. In particular Latin American Community Psychology, that has developed tools to favor awareness of political issues, has been used to expand the psychotherapeutic conversation.

Politically Reflective Psychotherapy: Towards a Contextualized Approach will help clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and other social and mental health workers reflect on the challenges psychotherapy faces in a politically polarized society, showing how the political dimension can be incorporated into clinical practice.

Manuel Llorens is a clinical and community psychologist trained in Venezuela and UK (Tavistock Institute and Manchester Metropolitan University). He has been a professor of Clinical Community Psychology and practicing clinician in Venezuela for almost twenty five years, which includes all of what has been called the 'Bolivarian Revolution', having to tackle the political, social and economic dimensions of life that not only impact the lives of consultants but also the context where psychotherapy has been practiced. He has done extensive research on the impact of chronic violence and poverty on individuals and communities as well as political culture. He has authored and co-authored a number of books that deal with these topics such as Niños con Experiencia de Vida en Calle: una aproximación psicológica (Paidós, 2005); Acuerdos Comunitarios de Convivencia ante la Violencia Armada (Amnistía Internacional, 2013); La Belleza Propia: arte, adolescencia e identidad (Fundación Polar, 2015); along with articles in journals such as the American Journal of Community Psychology, Psychotherapy and Politics International and Nueva Sociedad. He has authored and co-authored chapters in two Springer Publications: Psychology of Liberation: Theory and Applications (2009) and The Psychology of Peace Promotion (2019). He is co-director of the NGO REACIN, the network of researchers and activists for coexistence.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.10.2020
Reihe/Serie	Latin American Voices
Reihe/Serie	Latin American Voices
Zusatzinfo	XXV, 182 p. 1 illus.
Sprache	englisch
Original-Titel	Psicoterapia Políticamente Reflexiva: Hacia una Técnica Contextualizada
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Schlagworte	Bolivarian Revolution • Clinical Community Psychology • Clinical psychology • Latin America • Latin American Community Psychology • Mental health and politics • Political Polarization • Psychiatry • psychology and politics • Psychotherapy and Politics • science and politics • Venezuela
ISBN-10	3-030-57792-9 / 3030577929
ISBN-13	978-3-030-57792-6 / 9783030577926

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