The Philosophy underlying the person-of-the-therapist training model

Harry Aponte

doi:10.21852/sem.2017.4.05

Published: 2022-11-22

Vol. 38 No. 4 (2017)

The Philosophy underlying the person-of-the-therapist training model

Harry Aponte

Seminare. Learned Investigations

Section: Socio-pedagogical sciences

https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2017.4.05

Abstract

The “Person-of the-Therapist” model is an approach to training and supervising therapists. The concept of a therapist as a wounded healer appears to be key in interpreting the therapeutic process and its healing power. This article aims at presenting this model’s philosophical foundations, which promote a creative use of the therapists’ personal potential independently of the different psychotherapeutic schools that they represent.

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Person of the Therapist, Use of self in therapy, Training model for therapists, Philosophy of training

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Aponte, H. (2022). The Philosophy underlying the person-of-the-therapist training model . Seminare. Learned Investigations, 38(4), 57–67. https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2017.4.05

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