EPISODE · Oct 27, 2025 · 38 MIN
What does change mean? Self, identity, and the goal of psychotherapy
from In Front of the Mirror - The English Podcast · host Cristiano Bacchi, Giacomo Piselli Fioroni
The question of all questions: What do we mean when we say that therapy brings about change?Then, if there are different types of therapy, are there also different kinds of change?And furthermore, when it comes to the person - "who" is changing? And, where should we start if we want to build the sense a person has of being themselves? References:Kellog S., Torres A. (2021) Chairwork invites you to shift perspective on who you are. Aeon Kiverstein J, Rietveld E, Denys D. (2021) World Wide Open. AeonRossi Monti M. (2016) Manuale di psichiatria per psicologi. Carocci Editore.Rosfort, R., & Stanghellini, G. (2015). The Patient as an Autonomous Person: Hermeneutical Phenomenology as a Resource for an Ethics for Psychiatrists . In J. Z. Sadler, W. van Staden, & KWM. Fulford (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics (Vol. 1, pp. 319-335). Oxford https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198732365.013.26Every other Monday, at 12pm.Follow us on:Instagram: @mirror_podcast_This project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il Podcast in Italiano
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The question of all questions: What do we mean when we say that therapy brings about change?Then, if there are different types of therapy, are there also different kinds of change?And furthermore, when it comes to the person - "who" is changing? And, where should we start if we want to build the sense a person has of being themselves? References:Kellog S., Torres A. (2021) Chairwork invites you to shift perspective on who you are. Aeon Kiverstein J, Rietveld E, Denys D. (2021) World Wide Open. AeonRossi Monti M. (2016) Manuale di psichiatria per psicologi. Carocci Editore.Rosfort, R., & Stanghellini, G. (2015). The Patient as an Autonomous Person: Hermeneutical Phenomenology as a Resource for an Ethics for Psychiatrists . In J. Z. Sadler, W. van Staden, & KWM. Fulford (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics (Vol. 1, pp. 319-335). Oxford https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198732365.013.26Every other Monday, at 12pm.Follow us on:Instagram: @mirror_podcast_This project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il Podcast in Italiano
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