Reverence and Recovery: Experiential Personal Construct Psychotherapy and Transpersonal Reverence

摘要

The role of the therapeutic relationship in the healing process has been written about extensively in the field of clinical psychology. Experiential Personal Construct Psychotherapy (EPCP) is one approach that regards the therapeutic relationship itself as the conduit of the healing process. According to EPCP, one of the highest levels of psychological functioning is the ability to revere another person in a relationship as well as the capacity for transpersonal reverence, which is reverence for humanity or the world at large. In this article, we will explore how the healing process can continue outside the confines of the therapeutic relationship, specifically in terms of transpersonal reverence.