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From Chaos to Complex Order: Personal Values and Resources in the Process of Psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Barker Phil
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2000.tb00691.x
Subject(s) - metaphor , software deployment , psychotherapist , interpersonal communication , psychology , process (computing) , order (exchange) , interpersonal relationship , chaos (operating system) , epistemology , social psychology , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , computer security , finance , economics , operating system
topic . Chaos as a scientific metaphor for the therapeutic relationship. purpose . To provide an approach to psychotherapy of a psychotic experience through aspects of a single case. sources . Selective literature review and author's clinical work. conclusions . Appreciation of the water metaphor, and its deployment within Eastern philosophy and psychology, may help Western therapists develop further traditional interpersonal relations today.