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This chapter discusses the contributions of Fernando González Rey to the advancements of the study of subjectivity and its consequences in psychotherapy. From an approach of qualitative epistemology, subjectivity must receive a specific ontological status, as a symbolic-emotional production. The category of “subjective sense,” proposed by González Rey, consequently becomes a new psychological unit which allows a completely new perspective in the understanding of personal identity. González Rey proposes a clinical psychology in which the therapeutic relationship is oriented, fundamentally, to generate options in the production of new personal senses in the patient, to replace those subjective senses that were at the base of the emotional disorder. Concepts such as subjective sense, subjective configuration, mental health, psychotherapy and the role of the psychotherapist are discussed throughout the chapter.
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Balbi, J. (2021). Subjectivity and Psychotherapy: Contributions of Fernando González Rey. In: Goulart, D.M., Martínez, A.M., Adams, M. (eds) Theory of Subjectivity from a Cultural-Historical Standpoint. Perspectives in Cultural-Historical Research, vol 9. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1417-0_15
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