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Communication as a process of identity construction
Postmodern perspective on psychotherapy
As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man
is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps
nearing its end.
Michel FoucaultThe Order of Things, 1966
Modern Self Postmodern SelfHuman nature Constructed, Narrative
Object, Stable Process, Fluid
Individualistic, Isolated Relational, Performed
Singular, Centered Multi-storied, Dialogical
Intrapsychic Distributed
Bad news for psychotherapy?
The person is not the problem, the problem
is the problemMichael White & David Epston
Narrative therapy
Instead of problem solving, we focus on
solution-buildingSteve de Shazer & Insoo Kim Berg
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Communication in ‘modern’ psychotherapy
• A tool for description of separate objective/subjective reality
• A tool for change of this reality – firstly, ‘inner structures’ of personality
Communication in ‘postmodern’ psychotherapy
• Communication IS intersubjective reality
• Communication as a process of identity construction
• Communication as action, performance
Performance is not merely a vehicle for being seen. Performance gives one self-definition, and that is a tantamount to
being what one claims to be.
Barbara Myerhoff
Communication in ‘postmodern’ psychotherapy
• Attention to language
We are able to reconstruct an experiential everyday metaphor into relational language
which in turn generates the relational space to consider the position that ‘this metaphor is in
relation to me, it is not intrinsically me’
Johnella Bird
Communication in ‘postmodern’ psychotherapy
• Attention to metaphors
Narrative as a metaphor for psychology (Jerome Bruner, Theodore Sarbin)
Communication in ‘postmodern’ psychotherapy
• Attention to politics
Communication in ‘postmodern’ psychotherapy
• Attentive to values (and the value itself)
How talk is to be treated not as a means to a therapeutic end but as a
central source of moral meaning itself
Ernesto Spinelli
Communication in ‘postmodern’ psychotherapy
• Who are the partners of communication?
Multiplicity of Self-positions: Dialogical Self (Hubert Hermans)
A therapist could help to construct a meaning bridge between client and therapist that enables the client’s internal voices to communicate with
each other and even engage in joint action
John Rowan
Communication in ‘postmodern’ psychotherapy
• Connection to social context: community work
Trying to enable people to experience relief from the effects of difficulties in their lives,
and enabling them to make broader contributions to others or to changing the
social conditions that contributed to the problems they have been facing.
David Denborough
Communication in ‘postmodern’ psychotherapy
Modern Postmodern
A tool for description and change of reality
Intersubjective reality, process of construction and performance, goal and
value
Language, models and metaphors are implicit, secondary
Attention to language, metaphors;deconstruction of taken-for-granted
Intention to be neutral, objective Intention to make the value and politicalpoint visible
Relationship between therapist and client (mostly as singular Self)
Relationships between multiple Self-positions and their communication to
other people
Isolated, confidential Connected to another people and contexts
Communication in psychotherapy
If Self is a process – what is a result of psychotherapy?- The need for practice and social change:
• Development of communication studies and practices
• Connecting this communication principles with different contexts (education, research, business etc)
• Attention to everyday communication process as a kind of practice
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International Research Conference «Communication as a discipline and as
a field: Sharing experiences to construct a dialogue»
Moscow, Russia, July 9-11, 2015