Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 43 No. 4, 2023.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi43408
On Eros and Encounter in Psychotherapy
Iva Žurić Jakovina
orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-9309
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilišna avenija 4, HR–51000 Rijeka
Trpimir Jakovina
orcid.org/0000-0002-9754-9707
; Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Klinika za psihološku medicinu, Kišpatićeva 12, HR–10000 Zagreb
Abstract
This paper aims to point out the field within the psychotherapy process that enables selfknowledge, and that is the field where “I and You” meet. A true encounter is what enables growth and a therapeutic effect on the client and the psychotherapist. One of the key tasks of the psychotherapy process is to stimulate and (re)discover vital energy in the client, which is called Eros. Eros thus becomes a place of vitality, creativity, and transformation, and ultimately a path to self-realization. Self-awareness and therapeutic growth in psychodrama are achieved fundamentally through the technique of “role reversal” which allows people to be seen from the perspective of another, which enriches and expands their experience of themselves and opens the way to change. Such a privileged position, which is made possible by a psychodramatic action of role reversal, is an important effect by which a person has the opportunity to interpret “oneself to oneself” and thereby overcome the limitations of the traditional subject-object dichotomy.
Keywords
encounter; dialogue; Eros; psychodrama, role reversal, psychotherapy
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317244
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Publication date:
21.5.2024.
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