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PERSONAL CONSTRUCT
THEORY & PRACTICE
Vol.14
2017

An Internet Journal devoted to the Psychology of Personal Constructs

 
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LIFELONG PLAYING: THE GAME AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE


Laura Scartezzini


Insitute of Constructivist Psychology, Padua, Italy

  



Abstract

Within the Person Construct Psychology theoretical framework, the person is a scientist who makes hypotheses tries to make sense of his/her life. And so is the player. From this perspective, games can be considered meaningful experiences during our whole life. Within a game, a person can test constructions that are different from the usual ones without being threatened by these attempts. After a brief excursus of the game as a powerful psychological experience, an example of a meeting point between game and psychotherapy is given.

Key words: game, play, experience, psychotherapy, technique.



 


About the author


Laura Scartezzini is a psychologist and a psychotherapist. She works with psychotherapy and group training with experiential methodologies. She is interested in research in the psychological field and works at the Constructivist Research and Documentation Centre of the Institute of Constructivist Psychology in Padua.

Contact: laura.scartezzini@gmail.com


 


Reference

Scartezzini, L.
(2017). Lifelong playing: The game as a psychological experience.
Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 14, 140-145

(Retrieved from http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp17/scartezzini17.pdf)



 

ISSN 1613-5091

Last update: 26 July 2017