Batman and the Sticky-fingered Maiden: Psychology as an Interpretive Practice

Authors

  • Kirsten Klingle University of Calgary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v0i1.53261

Keywords:

hermeneutics, psychology, interpretation

Abstract

This paper is a short reflection on the nature of psychology as an interpretive practice by exploring the question: how, if at all, does interpretation apply to the field of psychology? This author presents the notion that interpretation is relational and that both client and therapist histories shape the individual’s ways of interpreting experience and prejudices that arise in therapeutic practice.


Author Biography

Kirsten Klingle, University of Calgary

Department of Educational Psychology

Doctoral Student

References

Patterson, C. H. (1974). Relationship counseling and psychotherapy. New York, NY: Harper & Row.

Porter, E. H. (1959). Critical incidents in psychotherapy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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Published

2015-07-17

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2015

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