A few thoughts about the impact of ethics values on the choice of psychotherapeutic intervention technique

作者：Vasconcellos Bernstein D^*

来源：Pratiques Psychologiques, 2013, 19(3): 179-187.

DOI：10.1016/j.prps.2013.08.001

• Psychopathology
• Psychotherapy
• Ethics
• Culture
• Power
• Therapeutic relationship

If we consider the evolution in the patterns of psychopathology during the 20th century, we discover the evolution of ethical values implicit in the theory and their implications as far as our technical choices are concerned. The therapeutic relationship is asymmetrical, not only because of different role positions but also because of an inherent power differential. The therapist is consciously recognized as occupying a superior role because of his or her professional status and at the unconscious level, too, through transfer and projection of different fantasies. Being in charge of the therapeutic process carries with it the professional responsibility for handling this asymmetry. The therapist%26apos;s theoretical and technical decisions in this regard reflect his or her ideology about power and how it should be used to establish the therapeutic alliance.

• 出版日期2013-9