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THE EXPERIENCE OF LOVE AND ROMANTIC CHOICES
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Anna Celli and Giovanna Malangone
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Centre for Studies in Constructivist-oriented
Cognitive Psychotherapy (CESIPc), Italy |
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Abstract
We have found ourselves quite often involved in conversations with our clients about romantic love. Considering how crucially important love choices are in
people’s lives, we try to approach and comprehend the theme of romantic love
within the perspective of hermeneutic constructivism, focusing on the relational
aspect inherent in our way of experiencing and transcending the ‘I-you’
dichotomy. Thus, referring to the theoretical framework of Kelly’s Psychology
of Personal Constructs according to which subjectivity is essentially
‘relational’, we will be able to explore the love experience in romantic
relationships in terms of elaborative choice.
Keywords: hermeneutic constructivism, romantic love,
romantic relationships, elaborative choice
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About the authors
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Anna Celli is a psychologist and
psychotherapist, within a hermeneutic constructivist approach. Co-teacher at
the School of Specialization in Constructivist-oriented Psychotherapy at
CESIPc, Florence, Italy. She works as psychotherapist both in couple and
individual settings, in Prato and Pontassieve (FI). Board member of Italian
Association of Constructivist Psychology and Psychotherapy (A.I.P.P.C.) and
reviewer of Costruttivismi.
Contact: anna.celli@icloud.com
https://annacelli.business.site/
Giovanna Malangone is a psychologist and
psychotherapist with a hermeneutic constructivist approach. She specialised at
CESIP in Florence and since then she has collaborated in teaching activities in
CESIPC- Padua. She works as psychotherapist in Feletto (Udine) offering family,
couple and individual therapy. Since October 2015 she has been attending
seminars led by Carlo Sini at "Mechrì, laboratorio di filosofia e
cultura" in Milan.
Contact: malangone.giovanna@gmail.com
http://www.psicoterapeuta-malangone.it
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Celli, A, Malangone, G. (2019). The experience of love and romantic choices.
Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 16, 22-31
(Retrieved from http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp19/celli19.pdf)
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