叙事心理治疗的后现代视角

Postmodern Perspectives Implied in Narrative Psychotherapy

叙事心理治疗,作为一种本体存在-伦理实践的总体取向,隐含着某些基本的后现代主义视角,尤其是语言观的根本转变。现代主义的观点把语言看作是对现实的表征,而后现代主义关注语言的本体论地位,关注我们如何使用叙事和文本来建构和解构我们的生活世界,强调话语实践的自我反思性。该文探讨了后现代语境中心理治疗的几个关键问题,并讨论了叙事观在心理治疗的临床实践中的应用含义。

Narrative psychotherapy, as an overall orientation of existential/ethical praxis, has some implicit yet fundamental perspectives which can be generally termed ＇ postmodemist＇. An ontological primacy designated to the roles of language, the constructive and deconstructive functions of narratives and texts, and the reflective quality of discotttse practice, among the most evident, are discussed in this paper. Implications for psyehotherapeutic practices are also elaborated.