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Cognitive Therapy and Theories of Knowing: A Social Constructionist View
Author(s) -
Lyddon William J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1995.tb01799.x
Subject(s) - cognition , psychology , set (abstract data type) , empowerment , epistemology , psychotherapist , social cognitive theory , social cognition , social constructionism , social psychology , sociology , political science , computer science , philosophy , neuroscience , law , programming language
It is argued that current theory and practice of cognitive therapy are encapsulated by a set of epistemic values that assign causative primacy for psychological problems to the cognitive processes of the individual knower. Social contructionism represents an alternative to this state of affairs by underscoring the inextricable connection between the personal and the social, challenging the merit of decontextualized accounts of psychological problems, and identifying empowerment and social change as viable therapeutic options.