2 Theoretical Foundations
In order to precisely determine the possibilities and limitations of technical relationship simulation, this chapter aims to clarify what constitutes the healing core of the psychotherapeutic relationship.
2.1 The therapeutic relationship as a key factor
Empirical psychotherapy research, across different schools of thought, agrees that the therapeutic relationship is a central factor in the effectiveness of psychotherapy …
2.2 The space of encounter: Buber’s ‘in-between’ and Rosa’s ‘resonance’
Where empirical research reaches its limits, the philosophy of dialogue takes over. Buber distinguishes between two fundamental attitudes in the way people relate to one …
2.3 Inter-corporeality and intersubjectivity: the bodily realisation of the encounter (as the core of the therapeutic relationship)
In classical cognitive science, understanding is nothing other than information processing in the brain: the brain is regarded as a kind of computer that processes data …