Nature heals : an informational entropy account of
self-organization and change in field psychotherapy

J 2024

Nature heals : an informational entropy account of self-organization and change in field psychotherapy

SARASSO, Pietro; Wofgang TSCHACHER; Felix SCHOELLER; Gianni FRANCESETTI; Jan ROUBAL et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Nature heals : an informational entropy account of self-organization and change in field psychotherapy

Autoři

SARASSO, Pietro; Wofgang TSCHACHER; Felix SCHOELLER; Gianni FRANCESETTI; Jan ROUBAL; Michela GECELE; Katiuscia SACCO a Irene RONGA

Vydání

Physics of Life Reviews, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2024, 1571-0645

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 14.300

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/24:00137082

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

field-based psychotherapy; free-energy principle; synchronization; biophysics; entropy; neurophenomenology

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 21. 8. 2025 10:54, doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This paper reviews biophysical models of psychotherapeutic change based on synergetics and the free energy principle. These models suggest that introducing sensory surprise into the patient-therapist system can lead to self-organization and the formation of new attractor states, disrupting entrenched patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. We propose that the therapist can facilitate this process by cultivating epistemic trust and modulating embodied attention to allow surprising affective states to enter shared awareness. Transient increases in free energy enable the update of generative models, expanding the range of experiences available within the patient-therapist phenomenal field. We hypothesize that patterns of disorganization at behavioural and physiological levels, indexed by increased entropy, complexity, and lower determinism, are key markers and predictors of psychotherapeutic gains. Future research should investigate how the therapist's openness to novelty shapes therapeutic outcomes.

Přiložené soubory

Nature_heals.pdf

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Citovat

SARASSO, Pietro; Wofgang TSCHACHER; Felix SCHOELLER; Gianni FRANCESETTI; Jan ROUBAL; Michela GECELE; Katiuscia SACCO a Irene RONGA. Nature heals : an informational entropy account of self-organization and change in field psychotherapy. Physics of Life Reviews. Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2024, roč. 51, December, s. 64-84. ISSN 1571-0645. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.005.

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SARASSO, Pietro; Wofgang TSCHACHER; Felix SCHOELLER; Gianni FRANCESETTI; Jan ROUBAL; Michela GECELE; Katiuscia SACCO a Irene RONGA. Nature heals : an informational entropy account of self-organization and change in field psychotherapy. \textit{Physics of Life Reviews}. Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2024, roč.~51, December, s.~64-84. ISSN~1571-0645. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.005.

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