The author argues the connection between psychopathology and the spirit of the age. This relationship is illustrated by the example of the development of the borderline explosion in the sixties and seventies of the last century. The following narcissistic development is also been related to societal parallel-phenomena. The author terminates with some concluding remarks concerning the consequences of this development for person-centered psychotherapy.
client-/person-centered therapy, psychopathology and postmodern times, the relation of societal phenomena and therapeutic strategies
The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.
