The Scientific Concept of Psychotherapy Studies

Authors

  • Markus Erismann

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2019-2-13

Keywords:

concept of science, psychotherapy science, the subjective, the individual, the contradictory

Abstract

A scientific practice without a scientific concept is possible. However, the scientific concept of a particular science constitutes and clarifies the self-understanding of this science. The purpose of my article is the presentation and discussion of the concept of psychotherapy science. This deviates from the generally accepted concept of science: it involves the subjective, focuses on the individual and recognizes contradictions and ambivalences as factors of scientific knowledge. I want to show how, in spite of these deviations, a correspondence between the concept of psychotherapy and the generally recognized conception of science is possible.

Author Biography

Markus Erismann

Markus Erismann, Dr. phil., studierte von 1983 bis 1989 Philosophie und Germanistik an der Universität Zürich und promovierte 1995/96 am Philosophischen Seminar der Universität Zürich. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind Erkenntnistheorie und Methodologie.

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Published

2019-10-28

How to Cite

Erismann, M. (2019). The Scientific Concept of Psychotherapy Studies. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 9(2), 13–17. https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2019-2-13

Issue

No. 2 (2019): Psychotherapieforschung

Section

Titelthema: Psychotherapieforschung

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