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Feixas, G. (2015, Marzo). Conflict in Meaning Systems: Perspectives and Implications for Mental Health and Psychotherapy. Symposium Chair en el International Convention of Psychological Science, de la APS (Association for Psychological Science), Amsterdam, Holanda.

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CONFLICT IN MEANING SYSTEMS: PERSPECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Guillem Feixas Symposium Chair gfeixas@ub.edu
THE NOTION OF INTERNAL CONFLICT  Psychoanalysis  the internal dynamics of the psyche  Piaget  “cognitive conflict”  Social Psychology (Festinger, Heider)  efforts to counterbalance dissonances  “Conflict” notions in psychotherapies (Transactional Analysis, Gestalt therapy, etc.)
Little has been done in terms of defining conflicts in an operational way, and thus, little research has been done Even less is known about the role of conflicts for both physical and psychological health, development, and change (psychotherapy) Cognitive conflicts in psychotherapyAN IMPORTANT ISSUE BUT….
PCT & PCT Perceptual Control Theory (Powers, 1973) & Personal Construct Theory (Kelly, 1955) Common features:
Cybernetic view of human functioning  Behavior is understood as a way to change (or control) perception (constructions)  Discrepancy (invalidation) between actual perception and an internal reference value (personal construct → anticipation) leads to further action (constructive revision)to match percept
Control theory and psychopathology: An integrative approach Mansell, Warren (2005) Psychology and Psychotherapy, 78
THE EXPERIENCE CYCLE Implication in the outcomeConstructive revision Anticipation of the experience 2 5 1 Encountering the events Validation/ Invalidation of the anticipation 34 PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY
THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL CONFLICTS  Hierarchical arrangement of Control/Personal construct systems.  Two control systems specify incompatible or opposite reference signals.  As one control system acts to reduce the difference between the sensed experience and the specified experience it increases the difference between what is sensed and what is specified for the other control system.  Conflicts are natural but excessive level of conflict leads to malfunctioning and psychological problems.
INTERNAL CONFLICT/PERSONAL DILEMMA IN PSYCHOTHERAPY NEED FOR CHANGE ANTI-SYMPTOM POSITION NEED FOR CONTINUITY PRO-SYMPTOM POSITION
SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS  Are the Detrimental Effects of Suppression Due to Their Conflict With Goals for Expression? A Transdiagnostic Study in an Analogue Sample Warren Mansell, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Co-Author: Rebecca E. Kelly, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London  Voices, Conflict and Personal Goals: A Study of Clinical and Non-Clinical Auditory Hallucinations Informed by Perceptual Control Theory Filippo Varese, Lancaster University, United Kingdom  Cognitive Conflicts and Psychological Distress in a Non-Clinical Sample Luis Angel Saul, National Distance Education University – Madrid, Spain Co-Author: Maria Angeles López-González, Faculty of Psychology, National Distance Education University, Madrid  Negative Views of Self or Internal Conflicts as Targets of Psychotherapy? Guillem Feixas, University of Barcelona, Spain Co-Author: Adrian Montesano, University of Barcelona

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2015 icps conflict in meaning systems

  • 1. CONFLICT IN MEANING SYSTEMS: PERSPECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Guillem Feixas Symposium Chair gfeixas@ub.edu
  • 2. THE NOTION OF INTERNAL CONFLICT  Psychoanalysis  the internal dynamics of the psyche  Piaget  “cognitive conflict”  Social Psychology (Festinger, Heider)  efforts to counterbalance dissonances  “Conflict” notions in psychotherapies (Transactional Analysis, Gestalt therapy, etc.)
  • 3. Little has been done in terms of defining conflicts in an operational way, and thus, little research has been done Even less is known about the role of conflicts for both physical and psychological health, development, and change (psychotherapy) Cognitive conflicts in psychotherapyAN IMPORTANT ISSUE BUT….
  • 4. PCT & PCT Perceptual Control Theory (Powers, 1973) & Personal Construct Theory (Kelly, 1955) Common features:
  • 5. Cybernetic view of human functioning  Behavior is understood as a way to change (or control) perception (constructions)  Discrepancy (invalidation) between actual perception and an internal reference value (personal construct → anticipation) leads to further action (constructive revision)to match percept
  • 6. Control theory and psychopathology: An integrative approach Mansell, Warren (2005) Psychology and Psychotherapy, 78
  • 7. THE EXPERIENCE CYCLE Implication in the outcomeConstructive revision Anticipation of the experience 2 5 1 Encountering the events Validation/ Invalidation of the anticipation 34 PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY
  • 8. THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL CONFLICTS  Hierarchical arrangement of Control/Personal construct systems.  Two control systems specify incompatible or opposite reference signals.  As one control system acts to reduce the difference between the sensed experience and the specified experience it increases the difference between what is sensed and what is specified for the other control system.  Conflicts are natural but excessive level of conflict leads to malfunctioning and psychological problems.
  • 9. INTERNAL CONFLICT/PERSONAL DILEMMA IN PSYCHOTHERAPY NEED FOR CHANGE ANTI-SYMPTOM POSITION NEED FOR CONTINUITY PRO-SYMPTOM POSITION
  • 10. SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS  Are the Detrimental Effects of Suppression Due to Their Conflict With Goals for Expression? A Transdiagnostic Study in an Analogue Sample Warren Mansell, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Co-Author: Rebecca E. Kelly, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London  Voices, Conflict and Personal Goals: A Study of Clinical and Non-Clinical Auditory Hallucinations Informed by Perceptual Control Theory Filippo Varese, Lancaster University, United Kingdom  Cognitive Conflicts and Psychological Distress in a Non-Clinical Sample Luis Angel Saul, National Distance Education University – Madrid, Spain Co-Author: Maria Angeles López-González, Faculty of Psychology, National Distance Education University, Madrid  Negative Views of Self or Internal Conflicts as Targets of Psychotherapy? Guillem Feixas, University of Barcelona, Spain Co-Author: Adrian Montesano, University of Barcelona