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THE STORY OF DESDEMONA:
PSYCHOTHERAPY
CONDUCTED WITH A PCP APPROACH
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Massimo Giliberto
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Institute of Constructivist Psychology, School
of Constructivist Psychotherapy
Padua, Italy
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Abstract
This presentation is an exploration of a
client-therapist relationship and the story of their experiences in the context
of psychotherapy. Through the case of a female victim of domestic violence –
who repeatedly chose violent men as partners - it is an investigation into how,
using Personal Construct Psychology, the therapist understands his client and
how this understanding channels new experiments in the psychotherapy room and
in the life of the client. It also explores how these new experiences
contribute to changing the client’s identity constructs, helping her to change
from the role of ‘victim’ to taking her own life back.
Keywords: sociality, role, psychotherapy,
experience, domestic violence.
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About the author
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 Massimo Giliberto is Director of the graduate
School of Constructivist Psychotherapy of the Institute of Constructivist
Psychology (ICP) in Padua (Italy). He is a practicing psychotherapist and acts
as consultant and coach for private companies and organizations. The
focus of interest in his work concerns psychotherapy, epistemology, ethics,
didactic method and cross-cultural psychology.
He is a co-founder of the European
Constructivist Training Network, member of the editorial boards of
the journal Personal Construct Theory and Practice and of
the Journal of Constructivist Psychology and editor of the Rivista
Italiana di Costruttivismo.
Contact: max.giliberto@gmail.com
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Giliberto, M. (2019). The story of Desdemona: Psychotherapy conducted
with a PCP approach
Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 16, 72-81
(Retrieved from http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp19/giliberto19.pdf)
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