Lit.: Mahoney MJ, & Moes AJ. (1997). Complexity and Psychotherapy: Promising Dialogues and Practical Issues. Masterpasqua F, & Perna PA, The Psychological Meaning of Chaos, (pp. 177-198). Washington, DC: APA Press.
The central theme of this chapter is that the sciences of complexity are rich in relevance for those who practice psychotherapy. Conceptualizations and enactments of psychotherapy are diverse, of course, and the profession itself is in the midst of important transformations. It is beyond our present scope to address the range of that diversity or the effects of those transformations. Our more limited goal in this chapter is to elaborate the relevance of studies of complexity for clinical practice and psychological services. That relevance, we believe, is more than metaphoric or modelic. (...)
hierzu optional auch: Tschacher W, & Brunner EJ. (1997). Theorie
der Selbstorganisation und systemische Sicht der Psychotherapie.
Reiter L, Brunner EJ, & Reiter-Theil S, Von der Familientherapie
zur systemischen Perspektive, (S. 81-102). (2. Auflage). Berlin:
Springer.