The article discusses the potential of psychotherapy to bring about personal and social change by exploring the connections between individual experiences and broader societal structures. It challenges the conventional view of therapy as merely a medical treatment and argues that true therapeutic change can occur when clients confront and reshape the patterns that govern their lives. The author reflects on their own therapeutic journey, emphasizing the role of conversations in recognizing and navigating the complexities of selfhood within cultural and political contexts.
I believe that psychotherapy can be a site for liberation when it unlocks alternative possibilities for how we understand and relate with the world, not independent of it.
If we overlook the connection between self and society, then we are obstructed from seeing how a great deal of psychological pain and disorder comes about when we must adapt ourselves to dysfunctional situations.
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