Świadectwo i jego ramy w psychoterapii.

The very concept of evidence, the possibility of arriving at “truth” in psychotherapy, changes due to new philosophical currents (e.g. postmodernism), but also in connection with living therapeutic experience. The therapist often witnesses the traumatic experience that altered the patient, but also affects the listener. Comprehension of this change, observations of the therapeutic relation and situations recreated in the therapist’s office become crucial for the therapeutic process. In order for the latter to take place we require lucidly defined frames, which as such fulfil a healing function by granting therapy stability and rhythm that “uphold” both the patient and the therapeutic relation. Hence psychotherapy is the co-creation of reality by the patient and the therapist - interpretations, insight, and comprehension depend on this specific dyad. Even if we assume the existence of ”objective reality” it could be recognised solely via the subjectivity of the patient and the therapist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]