Citation

Llorens M. Psychother. Politics Int. 2009; 7(2): 122-131.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ppi.193

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The following is the first part of a two-part paper that discusses the challenges faced by psychotherapists working in Venezuela during years of political and social unrest as a way of examining psychotherapy's dilemmas when dealing with political issues. This first part will discuss limitations in the ability of traditional psychotherapeutic technical recommendations to address clinical material stemming from highly polarized political scenarios. Historical examples of how these limitations have led to abuse will be shown. The specific difficulties of traditional notions of neutrality will be questioned. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.