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Psychotherapy Integration: Systems Theory and Self‐Psychology
Author(s) -
Brown Jac
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00196.x
Subject(s) - eclecticism , presentation (obstetrics) , psychotherapist , psychology , systems theory , integrated information theory , metatheory , epistemology , mathematical psychology , psychological theory , management science , computer science , cognitive psychology , basic science , social psychology , medicine , artificial intelligence , philosophy , theology , neuroscience , radiology , economics
This article highlights the distinction between integration and eclecticism, arguing for an integration in teaching psychotherapy by using a meta‐theory. The traditional approach of presenting a sequential range of therapy models may inadvertently advocate an eclectic approach. It begins with a brief consideration of the integration literature, elaborating a meta‐theory for integration. This is followed with the presentation of a meta‐theory as an integrative tool for teaching the divergent models of systems theory and self‐psychology. Using this meta‐theory, an example is presented which conceptualizes the presenting problems of a couple. Finally, a plan for using the integration is discussed.