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Advocates of first-person-perspective-methods (FPPM) claim that any psychological concept must be grounded in a descriptive analysis (first-person-foundationalism). It is often assumed that the concept of the unconscious is incompatible with FPPM, and that its acceptance implies the rejection of first-person-foundationalism. This view is based on the following assumption: either FPPMare generally incapable of engagingwith the unconscious, or FPPMare incapable of accounting for the systematic independence of the unconscious. It is the aimof this paper to show that this assumption is wrong. I argue that a) phenomenology has access to the unconscious, b) phenomenology can account for the systematic independence of the unconscious, and c) accepting the concept of the unconscious does imply the rejection of first-person-foundationalism. Section one displays the general relation of FPPM and conceptualization in psychology. Section two addresses the depth-psychological impression and its theoretical interpretations. Section three concerns the differences of introspection and phenomenology. Section four shows that phenomenology can engage with the unconscious by means of mutual realizations. In section five, the reciprocal co-dependence inmutual realizations is used to formulate an FPPM-based criterion to distinguish the preconscious from the unconscious. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Even though conscious experiences are explored in contemporary psychology with different methodological approaches significant questions remain: Can we explore first-person experiences with reliable methods? Why and in which circumstances should we trust first person reports? And howcanwe ensure that the process of verbalising mental experiences is not only a construction process but a methodological transformation, which enables intersubjective access to them. It is the aim of this paper to analyse how micro-phenomenology, understood as a simultaneously phenomenological and also empirical applied research method, tries to answer the questions and challenges mentioned above. To accomplish this, I focus in the first section on how first- and second-person access to conscious experiences is ensured and justifiedwithin themicro-phenomenological interviewresearch procedure. In the second section, I concentrate on the question of whether micro-phenomenology has access to phenomenal experiences themselves given that they are mediated by interviews and complex processes of categorization and evaluation. In the final step, I analyse whether the explanatory scope of micro-phenomenology can be enhanced by integrating mixed method approaches to study mental phenomena qualitatively and quantitatively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the transformation and finitude of bodies in the lifelong aging process and the social conditions that predispose them focussing on close relationships in a pandemic context. The material was generated during virtually conducted group discussions with people between the ages of 60 and 80. The virtual space formed both a boundary and a space of possibility to (re)read bodies retrospectively. The narrated »body biographies« represent negotiations of the subject in the context of the pandemic situatedness and agency. Participants reflected on the ambivalence of the restrictions imposed by regulations and lockdowns, the construction as a risk group, and the resulting perception of corporeality. The data points to the lack of physical closeness relationships and the possibilities of closeness in virtual spaces. The reflexive, intra-biographical encounters oscillate between self-assurance and transformative processes of self-formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this pilot study, we followed 22 patients during their psychoanalytic psychotherapy to monitor changes in the quality of their object representations (father, mother, partner/best friend, self) and level of psychopathology (OQ45). The Differentiation-Relatedness Scale (DR-S) was used in two semi-structured interviews: Object Relation Inventory (ORI) and two questions of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Results showed that the DR-S ratings are comparable in both interviews for father and mother, with significant changes during therapy for father using the ORI and mother using the AAI. The level of psychopathology also changed significantly during treatment. Despite some shortcomings, the DR-S in combination with the ORI and AAI-questions seems a useful instrument for clinicians to monitor structural change in personality functioning during psychoanalytic psychotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Während die psychische Grundversorgung von Menschen in einkommensschwachen Ländern und Krisengebieten staatliche und nichtstaatliche Organisationen grundsätzlich vor enorme Herausforderungen stellt, stehen einkommensstarke Länder, die Geflüchtete aufnehmen, vor der Aufgabe, ihre Gesundheitsdienste auf die besonderen Bedürfnisse dieser Menschen einzustellen. Die WHO empfiehlt als ein Vorgehen für die Förderung psychischer Gesundheit in ressourcenarmen Settings die Skalierung kurzer und vereinfachter Versionen evidenzbasierter Interventionen, die kompatibel mit dem soziokulturellen Wertesystem der Anbieter:innen oder Anwender:innen vor Ort sind. Die von der Ipso gGmbH angewandte psychosoziale Kurzzeitintervention Value Based Counseling (VBC) entstand 2004 in Afghanistan aus der Praxis heraus. VBC hat eine Reihe von Eigenschaften, die die Kurzzeitintervention zu einer skalierbaren Adaption machen. Der salutogenetische Ansatz und der daraus folgende Verzicht auf eine Diagnose ersparen die Notwendigkeit, Diagnosen anzupassen oder als Konzept vor Ort einzuführen. Die Kürze der Intervention eignet sich für ressourcenarme Settings und die strukturierte Gesprächsführung zudem für eine Umsetzung in eine digitale Anwendung, die Klient:innen unabhängiger von Counselor:innen macht (guided self-help). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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