• ARTICLES, Special Section, XIIIth Biennial Conference of the EPCA - 2016

Glass Souls – The Importance of the other’s view in the process of self-recognition

Ortu, M. C., Petrolati, A.

Keywords:
hermeneutic constructivism, path of dependency, self-recognition, forgiveness

Abstract:
This paper is grounded on the hermeneutic constructivist approach. We focused on the path of uncompleted recognition in the form of negligence (Chiari, 2015), reporting the psychotherapeutic process of a female theatre actress. Her issues take shape within the dialectic between her feeling transparent to the others’view and her being too visible due to the very same diversity. Initially, the therapy focuses on the personal meaning of the mask. An important space is dedicated to the process of forgiveness in psychotherapy and to Kelly’s techniques, favouring the aggressive elaboration of role constructs.