Some Philosophical Assumptions of Intensive Psychotherapy

This paper moves from general considerations about the task of philosophy and epistemology to specific considerations of the postulates and principles that lie behind certain selected psychotherapeutic systems. In a field in which there is so much disagreement it is mandatory to review the fundamental premises behind various forms of psychotherapeutic endeavors for, whether we like it or not, we are forced in the practice of psychotherapy to make certain philosophical assumptions and conceptions. These differ and conflict, and our choices will affect our clinical work.