Against premature facilitation of clinico-hermeneutic and theoretical scientific empirical aspects. Comments on W. Tress, research on psychogenic diseases between clinico-hermeneutic and theoretical scientific empirical aspects: social empirical markers as mediators
Küchenhoff, J.
Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie 39(8): 310-314
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0937-2032 PMID: 2798719 Document Number: 443844
The paper presented here is a contribution to the debate on the methodological dualism of hermeneutical and nomothetical procedures in psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic research. Recently, W. Tress has made re-commendations to mediate between both spheres by applying so-called "socio-empirical markers". This concept is criticized. Rather than precipitately mediating between clinical hermeneutics and empirical nomology, a critical differentiation of both methodologies is advocated. The inter-methodological dialog is furthered best by supporting hermeneutical methodology which has been devaluated in present day psychotherapy research. Recommendations to enhance the application of hermeneutics in psychoanalytic psychotherapy are given.