Faccio Elena, Aquili Ludovica, Rocelli Michele
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua.
Res Psychother. 2022 Sep 1;26(1):613. doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2022.613.
In recent years, the use of the adjective "therapeutic" has expanded to encompass a great variety of experiences, blurring the line between what is effectively therapeutic and what is not. Proceeding from the idea that a word's meaning is linked to its use in a particular linguistic game, we will analyse the etymons "therapy" and "psychotherapy" and the change in their meanings over time. This background will guide us in the qualitative analysis of the so-called "therapeutic activities" available on the websites of 14 Italian therapeutic communities for treating addiction. Four main master narratives emerge from our investigation. These are characterised by biomedical assumptions, pedagogical principles, religious precepts, and moral values, respectively. Activities are considered therapeutic per se rather than based on theoretical assumptions regarding change. In the light of our results, the adjective "therapeutic" has become a domain of common sense, which poses the threat of undue reification of the linguistic game that expresses it.
近年来，形容词“治疗性的”的使用范围已扩大到涵盖各种各样的体验，模糊了有效治疗与非有效治疗之间的界限。从一个词的意义与其在特定语言游戏中的使用相关联这一观点出发，我们将分析词源“治疗”和“心理治疗”及其意义随时间的变化。这一背景将指导我们对意大利14个治疗成瘾的治疗社区网站上所谓的“治疗活动”进行定性分析。我们的调查产生了四个主要的主导叙事。这些叙事分别以生物医学假设、教学原则、宗教戒律和道德价值观为特征。活动本身被视为具有治疗性，而非基于关于改变的理论假设。根据我们的研究结果，形容词“治疗性的”已成为一个常识领域，这对表达它的语言游戏造成了过度具体化的威胁。
