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The Eye and the ‘I’: The Construction and Use of the Observer in Cognitive–Analytic Psychotherapy and Mindfulness‐Based Therapy
Author(s) -
Marx Robert,
Marx Sarah
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2012.01308.x
Subject(s) - mindfulness , conceptualization , psychology , psychotherapist , cognition , context (archaeology) , integrative psychotherapy , observer (physics) , mindfulness based cognitive therapy , acceptance and commitment therapy , task (project management) , process (computing) , cognitive therapy , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , intervention (counseling) , paleontology , physics , management , quantum mechanics , computer science , economics , biology , operating system
This paper explores issues in the integration of cognitive–analytic therapy and mindfulness‐based therapy. Differences in the conceptualization of the observer part of the self in both approaches – as centralized and independent as opposed to decentralized and fluid – are associated with different therapeutic emphases – on task and structure versus process. The tensions between these clinical and theoretical stances are explored, both in an individual and organizational ( NHS ) context.