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IX
CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL y XIV
NACIONAL
de PSICOLOGÍA CLÍNICA
PALACIO DE
LA MAGDALENA
SANTANDER (ESPAÑA), 17-20 de NOVIEMBRE, 2016 |
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Sanja Vasiljević Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade SERBIA |
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Sanja Vasiljević holds a
degree from state University of Belgrade,
Faculty of Philosophy. She is a clinically
oriented psychologist, with additional
education in the field of psychotherapy (REBT,
Jungian analytical psychology). Her work
encompasses theoretical psychology, and
further applications on clinical practice,
psychotherapy and scientific research. Her
research focuses on the following areas:
cultural diversification, cultural adaptation
of psychotherapy, modern art. She is currently
working on topics such as: reformulation of
illness concepts, possibilities of psychosis,
art interpretation. Presence in international
scientific community is achieved in the fields
of: psychology of art, symbol analysis,
cultural psychology, Jungian psychotherapy,
illness and health reconceptualization.
INVITED SYMPOSIUM ABSTRACT Psychotherapy and culture:
in the eye of diverse psychotherapies
Psychotherapies
were largely formed in a limited cultural
space, at the territory of what is now called
"western'' culture. At that time science has
not recognized culture as a significant
developmental factor. Scientific and
professional ideas have been formed as
universally valid claims, and have been passed
on to us.
Socio-cultural approach, formulated by Vigotsky, accentuates the extent to which one is defined and formed by culture. Our clinical practice, prevention and therapy, are heavily saturated by recommendations stemming from incomplete views on human development. The practical effects of cultural unawareness are: under-use of mental health sector, creation (!) of clinical problems, and I add: potential psihicide. Cultural awareness, growing number of multicultural societies, everyday clinical experience call for reconsideration of inherited psychotherapy assumptions. Here we examine how culture was treated in diverse psychotherapy schools, what place was assigned to it, and criticize if it has ever been reformulated. |
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