(October 18, 2019) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. “Culture is looking at the other. Respect is looking at the other once again.” (Tom Andersen and John Shotter) Attention: For the box check: https://iryse.org/investigacion-relacional-dialogica-i/ First part (October 18, 2019) Embracing complexity (*) Research is for connecting, “for embracing complexity” as proposed by Sheila McNamee (at the Taos Institute’s International Relational Research Network). The research method (dialogic relational research) becomes a resource that contributes to people being able to engage, participate, reflect and act in directions they co-create. The research will be a process in which we generate the conditions to relate to the new, the different. A…
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Beginning, development, and closure of therapeutic processes (first part)
(February 22, 2019) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. First part In our daily therapeutic practice, we often ask ourselves about how to put the being of the therapist (or the person who provides care) at the service of the process of meaningful reflection and responsible transformation of the consultant. We work from a social-constructionist position (and, in that context, this sequence is an invitation to reflect with our readers; we trust that it contributes, that it is useful and serves as people will take it freely; it is not a step-by-step guide or a recipe book to follow; it is an invitation to a possible path,…