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Innovative moments and change processes in psychotherapy

an exercise in new methodology

Anita SantosMiguel M. Gonçalves

pp. 493-526

Abstract

Psychotherapy is a field where development of dynamic methodologies is a conceptual imperative. In this chapter we present an analysis of the Innovative Moments (i-moments) emergence in psychotherapeutic process, through a dialogical lens. I-moments are the novel ways of thinking, interacting, and behaving that the client narrates in the therapeutic conversation, which is different from the rule he or she usually applies to his or her life. This rule is composed of general meanings over the world that guides their behaviors and understandings about it. Using Josephs' and colleagues dialectical framework (Josephs & Valsiner, 1998; Josephs, Valsiner, & Surgan, 1999) we can conceive this rule as a macro organizer of meaning.

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Valsiner Jaan, Molenaar Peter C.M., Lyra Maria CDP, Chaudhary Nandita (2009) Dynamic process methodology in the social and developmental sciences. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 493-526

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-95922-1_22

Full citation:

Santos Anita, Gonçalves Miguel M. (2009) „Innovative moments and change processes in psychotherapy: an exercise in new methodology“, In: J. Valsiner, P. C. Molenaar, Lyra & N. Chaudhary (eds.), Dynamic process methodology in the social and developmental sciences, Dordrecht, Springer, 493–526.