Abstract:
Integrative psychotherapy is an orientation in psychotherapy, which appeals to all psychotherapeutic methods including psychotherapies: classic, systemic, cognitive-behavioral, hypnotherapy, analytical psychotherapy, humanistic therapies, etc. The main advantage of integrative psychotherapy is its adaptability to the client’s problem, without the constraint of a relatively limited set of „therapeutic tools”. In integrative psychotherapy, the emphasis is on the psychotherapeutic strategy, the understanding of the problem and the therapeutic relationship. Starting from the systemic conceptualization of the human being, from the body-mind-spirit concept, through the integrative approach a unitary understanding of the complexity of the human being is obtained, in the overall functionality of its manifestations, preserving the vision of the whole, and, at the same time, respecting the uniqueness of the person in the context universal. The concepts of contact in relationships, attachment, states of the Self and the life script are the central concepts of the integrative theory. The term „integrative” refers to the process of personality integration, which involves: - guiding the client to assimilate-awareness and harmonize the contents of his Ego States; - awareness and relaxation of refence mechanisms; - interventions on the script of life; - facilitating contact with the world. By integrating these experiences, people will have the courage to treat every moment of life with an open vision without needing „protection” through arguments, opinions, positions, attitudes or expectations.
