Abstract

HERNANDEZ CORDOBA, Ángela. Beyond the dilemmas of power and of the therapist as expert in systemic psychotherapy. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2007, vol.6, n.2, pp. 285-293. ISSN 1657-9267.

This article briefly analyzes, how three contempory family therapy models explain role of the therapist in the process of change in therapy. The principal referents of analysis, the power relationship inherent to therapy, the therapist’s knowledge, and his/her directive or symmetric with regards respect to the consultants. It proposes that the therapist could assume a "paramodern" stance to go beyond the dilemmas of his/her social function and accept that his/her theoretical preferences must be founded on an ethical imperative to generate a context, where the consultants expand their margin of freedom, which is limited by the symptoms and the interpersonal conflicts presented as complaints.

Keywords : systemic psychotherapy; power in therapy; therapist as expert; "paramodern" stance; ethics in psychotherapy.

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