Personal Structural Psychology -- Volume 1 and 2

Author: (USA) Kelly, translated by Zheng Xifu
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Kelly's personal construct theory is both a systematic personality theory and a systematic approach to psychotherapy. In terms of completeness, it is comparable to Freud's psychoanalytic theory. However, in his view, the true cause of psychological disorders lies in the defects of the personal construct system—such as excessive deficiency, aging, or singularity, rather than the inappropriate repression of childhood sexual desires emphasized by Freud. Therefore, the goal of psychotherapy is to help patients with psychological disorders rebuild their construct systems. This book is divided into two volumes: Personality Theory, Clinical Diagnosis, and Treatment, covering topics such as structural selectionism, the nature of personal structures, clinical procedures, the role of the therapist, structural disorders, and the expression of personal systems.