Post-razionalist approach, relation ed emotions: Research issues and applications

Journal title MODELLI DELLA MENTE
Author/s Giorgia Repaci, Stefano Ventura, Tonino Cantelmi, Maria Beatrice Toro
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2022/1
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 7-23 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/mdm1-2022oa16496
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Post-Rationalism founded its theory and clinical practice on two fundamental points: the priority of emotions, and the understanding of the world of meanings of the individual in his relational context. Both of these assumptions are rooted in the Attachment Theory (Bowlby, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1988), via the reformulation of P. Chrittenden (1999, 2008, 2011). The model of cognitive-interpersonal therapy integrates these theoretical assumptions with the description of the the interpersonal social behaviour offered by Lorna S. Benjamin (1974, 1996, 2003).By reflecting on the fundamental aspects of the cognitive-interpersonal model (Cantelmi, 2009; Cantelmi, Toro, Lambiase, 2009; Cantelmi, Lambiase, 2010; Cantelmi, Toro, Lambiase, 2010), this article describes how emotional dysregulation in the relational contexts of development, has become a trans-diagnostic constructcollecting an increasing empirical validation. A validation that arrives many years after the first theorizations of Vittorio Guidano (1987, 1991). Moreover, the articles reports how emotional disregulation is becoming an integral part of modern approaches to psychotherapy.

Keywords: ; post rationalism; cognitive psychotherapy; Cognitive-interpersonal psychotherapy; self regulation; emotional dysregulation

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Giorgia Repaci, Stefano Ventura, Tonino Cantelmi, Maria Beatrice Toro, Post-Razionalismo, relazione ed emozione: temi di ricerca e contesti di intervento in "MODELLI DELLA MENTE" 1/2022, pp 7-23, DOI: 10.3280/mdm1-2022oa16496