“Become yourself the prey” : Field perspective and emerging self in psychopathology and psychotherapy

FRANCESETTI, Gianni, Michela GECELE and Jan ROUBAL. “Become yourself the prey” : Field perspective and emerging self in psychopathology and psychotherapy. Studi di Estetica : Italian Journal of Aesthetics. Mimesis Edizioni, 2022, vol. 50, No 23, p. 95-111. ISSN 0585-4733. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7413/18258646210.

Basic information

• Original name: “Become yourself the prey” : Field perspective and emerging self in psychopathology and psychotherapy
• Authors: FRANCESETTI, Gianni (380 Italy), Michela GECELE (380 Italy) and Jan ROUBAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Studi di Estetica : Italian Journal of Aesthetics, Mimesis Edizioni, 2022, 0585-4733.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
• Country of publisher: Italy
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/22:00126871
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7413/18258646210
• Keywords in English: Field; Psychopatology; Presence
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

Therapist’s and client’s experience in the session are emerging from the field forc-es in play; these forces are the intrinsic tensions of the emerging field. We propose an understanding of the therapeutic process as a field phenomenon: the process of change is made by the forces already active in the field and the therapist has just to let them move on without interfering, or sometimes to support them. Psy-chopathology is then the emerging absence, and therapy becomes the art of presence.