• ARTICLES, Special Section, XIVth Biennial Conference of the EPCA - 2018

The story of Desdemona: Psychotherapy conducted with a PCP approach

Giliberto, M.

Keywords:
sociality, role, psychotherapy, experience, domestic violence

Abstract:
This presentation is an exploration of a client-therapist relationship and the story of their experiences in the context of psychotherapy. Through the case of a female victim of domestic violence – who repeatedly chose violent men as partners - it is an investigation into how, using Personal Construct Psychology, the therapist understands his client and how this understanding channels new experiments in the psychotherapy room and in the life of the client. It also explores how these new experiences contribute to changing the client’s identity constructs, helping her to change from the role of ‘victim’ to taking her own life back.