@ARTICLE{26583223_27150219_2006, author = {A. Sosland}, keywords = {}, title = {Psychotherapy in the Circuit of Contradictions}, journal = {Psychology. Journal of Higher School of Economics}, year = {2006}, volume = {3}, number = {1}, pages = {46-67}, url = {https://psy-journal.hse.ru/en/2006-3-1/27150219.html}, publisher = {}, abstract = {The author discusses psychotherapy’s state of the art in the year of Freud’s 150th anniversary. He raises the issues of legitimacy, efficacy and institutionalization of therapeutic practice and analyses a number of problems in psychotherapy studies. The author reviews critically some attempts at constructing a «general theory» of therapy. He discusses a new approach, interactive-analysis, and describes particular features of therapeutic community using the notion of «ideoballic community». He exposes many contradictions in both therapeutic knowledge and professional community.}, annote = {The author discusses psychotherapy’s state of the art in the year of Freud’s 150th anniversary. He raises the issues of legitimacy, efficacy and institutionalization of therapeutic practice and analyses a number of problems in psychotherapy studies. The author reviews critically some attempts at constructing a «general theory» of therapy. He discusses a new approach, interactive-analysis, and describes particular features of therapeutic community using the notion of «ideoballic community». He exposes many contradictions in both therapeutic knowledge and professional community.} }