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The basic aim of the approach proposed in this chapter is to further the understanding of psychotherapy as a self-organizing process and to make the psychotherapeutic process amenable to research in the new cognitive science paradigm of connectionism. Two models which are intended as a theoretical framework for the detailed investigation of the client’s change process will be sketched out.
I would like to thank Thomas Rothenfluh for his continuous support and for his comments on an earlier draft of this text.
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Schneider, H. (1989). Toward a More Detailed Understanding of Self-Organizing Processes in Psychotherapy. In: Goudsmit, A.L. (eds) Self-Organization in Psychotherapy. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48704-0_4
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