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Politics and Power in Therapy; A Discussion on the Implications of Postmodern Ideas for Therapeutic Practices
Author(s) -
Chapman Jane
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1993.tb00942.x
Subject(s) - postmodernism , objectivity (philosophy) , politics , context (archaeology) , epistemology , power (physics) , engineering ethics , sociology , psychotherapist , psychology , political science , philosophy , engineering , law , paleontology , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
In this paper, broad questions are posed about the impact of postmodern ideas on therapeutic practice. Therapists operating within postmodern perspectives are questioning the objectivity of theories of knowledge, and in that process are retreating from their expert positions. This paper discusses this controversial shift within the broader context of the questions of the power of therapeutic techniques and knowledge in general.