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Between Rationality and Irrationality - The Jewish Psychotherapeutic System (Hardcover)
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Between Rationality and Irrationality - The Jewish Psychotherapeutic System (Hardcover)
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Jewish Scriptural interpretation entails a potential therapeutic
bridge between the rational-material and the irrational-mystic in
the world of psychotherapy. PaRDeS, as this system is known, is
derived from the following concepts. "P" denotes peshat, the plain
interpretation of the text, which translates into a rational
interpretation of life. "R" symbolizes remez, hinting at a related
religious concept, which becomes a symbolic view of life. "D"
stands for derash, the homiletic way of interpreting a text, or a
narrative reading of life. And "S" represents sod, or the mystery
behind an idea, which in psychological terms becomes a mystic
understanding of life. Mordechai Rotenberg believes that it is by
engaging readings in a "dialogue" with each other, as in the Jewish
hermeneutic tradition, the psychology underlying one's existence
may be more readily understood. While Rotenberg acknowledges that
it is legitimate to focus on one cognitive-rational or one
narrative-storytelling therapeutic method in the course of therapy,
he argues that a comprehensive theory of psychotherapy should
include treatment possibilities for both rational and irrational
manifestations of behavior, thereby engulfing all aspects of human
behavior. For Rotenberg, a person's life becomes the "text,"
subject to being read and interpreted. If that person wishes to
change his or her behavior via psychotherapy, then a hermeneutic
system must be employed to understand that person's life. However,
many systems interpret a person's life according to the particular
theory espoused by the therapist. Rotenberg, in contrast,
introduces a balanced theory bridging the rational and the
irrational. Between Rationality and Irrationality emphasizes that
it is more important for a therapist to learn his client's own
"language" than to impose his own doctrinaire interpretation. This
edition includes a new introduction by the author, as well as an
appendix explicating an original psychological interpretation of
PaRDeS
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