Abstract

FADDA, Gisella Mouta  and  CURY, Vera Engler. The Intersubjectivity Phenomenon in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship. Rev. Subj. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.spe, pp. 1-13. ISSN 2359-0769.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v21iesp1.e9445.

This article presents a theoretical investigation on the constitution of the phenomenon of intersubjectivity, considered as a passage from the self to the other, based on the principles of Edmund Husserl's phenomenological anthropology. The relevant contribution of the German philosopher and psychologist Edith Stein, a disciple of Husserl, on the empathic experience is also discussed. The concept developed by Stein about phenomenological empathy, which can also be translated as "intropathy" or "entropathy", allows a sui generis look at the encounter with the other. The quality of this encounter is of paramount importance when we consider the relationship between psychotherapist and client in the context of the humanistic psychological clinic, guided by the principles of the person-centered approach, developed by the North American psychologist Carl Rogers. The implications between subjectivity and intersubjectivity are analyzed in a movement of creative dialogue between phenomenological philosophy and humanistic clinical psychology, aiming to contribute to an approximation between two fields that affect each other by appropriating human experience from complementary emphases, universal structure, and singular concreteness.

Keywords : clinical psychology; person-centered approach; psychotherapy; intersubjectivity; phenomenology.

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