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It is argued that we should abandon the prevailing medical understanding of psychotherapy with its tendency towards a far too one-sided focus on specific techniques for the treatment of specific disorders or, at least, achieve a better balance between this and a more dynamic-relational model of therapy. Psychotherapy represents a special combination of, on the one hand, technical scientific elements and, on the other hand, a much more personal dimension, where psychotherapists are very much themselves, make themselves available and use themselves in their work. What therapists do, and the norms and values that they represent in their psychotherapeutic work may serve as a counter-image to some of the aspects of contemporary culture, which presumably contribute to the development of some of the psychological disorders the psychotherapist encounters in his or her patients. Psychotherapeutic training need to address the therapist’s own reaction patterns and internal dynamics, as they manifest themselves in the therapeutic space and in the interaction with the patient.
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Jørgensen, C. (2019). Conclusion. In: The Psychotherapeutic Stance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20437-2_12
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