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16 - Cultural-historical psychotherapy

from Part VI - Beyond psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2014

By
Alexander Venger  and
Elena Morozova
Edited by
Anton Yasnitsky ,
René van der Veer  and
Michel Ferrari
Anton Yasnitsky
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
René van der Veer
Affiliation:
Universiteit Leiden
Michel Ferrari
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

Cultural-historical theory usually comes to the fore as the foundation of developmental psychology and educational psychology. This chapter summarizes the main tenets of the Cultural-historical theory which provides us with concepts and methods of the process of psychotherapy. The theory considers the human mind to be the product of the historically evolved culture of a society. The chapter discusses the psychological function of a talisman. Talismans are often used by people whose activity is connected with a heightened risk. The cultural-historical approach takes into account both the micro culture of the social group and the age group to which the clients belong, and the culture and value system of society as a whole. The cultural-historical approach is particularly fit for child psychotherapy. It adopts the systematic modification of therapeutic depending on the goal and stage of the psychotherapy.

Keywords

psychological developmentVygotsky-Luria model of Executive functionlower mental functionscultural-historical theoryinfants
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology , pp. 403 - 422
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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