Abstract

CAMPO-REDONDO, María. Epistemología y Psicoterapia. Revista de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales [online]. 2004, vol.20, n.44, pp.120-137. ISSN 1012-1587.

The goal of this article is to analyze the contributions of epistemology to the daily practice of psychotherapy as a scientific discipline, taking into account two basic questions: how is the psychotherapeutic model constructed, and what types of relationships do this model have with epistemological postures. To focus on these issues, an epistemology of psychotherapy is elaborated and a review of psychotherapy as a scientific field is undertaken, including its object of study, its methods ant its most significant epistemological problems. Lastly, certain reflections are presented as to the issues that confront contemporary psychotherapy.

Keywords : Psychotherapy; epistemology.