Psychotherapy is Political or it is not Psychotherapy: The Person-Centred Approach as an Essentially Political Venture

摘要

Reflecting on the state of the art of person-centred therapy (PCT), and drawing upon the original understanding of politics as the consequence of an image of the human being, this article argues that a political understanding (as politics, policy, and polity) is essentially inherent in the person-centred approach. It discusses the policies of psychotherapeutic orientations and stresses the democratic and emancipatory stance of PCT. It concludes that we need a notification of dispute among the different approaches to the person in society and sketches a political way of being for therapists.