Schemas, Self, and Personality Change / Schemata, Selbst und Persönlichkeitsveränderung / Cambio de esquemas, del Self y de la personalidad / Schèmes, Self et changement de la personnalité / Esquemas,Selfe mudança de personalidade /

Abstract

New concepts for client-centered and experiential psychotherapy refer to Piaget's schema concept when dealing with personality change. Four major developments include: a constructivist perspective regarding personality change as schema modification; a self-pluralistic perspective highlighting dialogues of voices within the person; an interactive perspective regarding the relationship experience to the therapist or to group members as pivotal; and a disorder-specific perspective on incongruence. Examples are given. The views of the person's experience to be both unique and as well to follow organizing principles and patterns creates a challenging tension for therapists. Secondly, a constructivist view contrasts linear principles of understanding client's processes. This raises a special challenge to root person-centered concepts on theories of general psychology.

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