constructivist psychotherapy

any psychotherapy approach that shares the theoretical perspective of constructivism and focuses on meaning-making to help clients reconceptualize their problems in a more life-enhancing way by using story, myth, poetry, and other linguistic and nonverbal forms. Constructivist psychotherapy began as an application of personal construct theory. See also narrative therapy; personal construct therapy.

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Psychology term of the day

May 10th 2024

urban legend

an incredible or lurid story, often involving a mixture of horror and humor, that is widely repeated as if true (often as the experience of a “friend of a friend”) but can never be firmly documented. Urban legends differ from myths and folktales in that they nearly always have a contemporary setting and often involve modern technology (e.g., the many such tales about microwave ovens).