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<b>Stories of belonging: from the national to the personal. </b>Based on the workshop <i>drawing ourselves, drawing our country: from Greek specificities to a globalizing Dialogue</i> (PCE 2018 Conference, Vienna, 8-12 July 2018)

Geschichten über Zugehörigkeit - vom Nationalen zum Persönlichen.Basierend auf dem Workshop ‘Uns selbst zeichnen, unser Land zeichnen’: Von griechischen Besonderheiten hin zu einem globalisierten Dialog (PCE 2018 Conference, Vienna, 8-12 July 2018)

Historias de pertenencia: de lo nacional a lo personal.Basado en el taller Dibujándonos, dibujando nuestro país: de las especificidades griegas a un diálogo globalizador (Conferencia PCE 2018, Viena, 8-12 de julio de 2018)

Histórias de pertença: do nacional ao pessoalBaseado no Workshop Desenhos de nós, desenhos do nosso país: das especificidades gregas a um diálogo globalizante (Conferência PCE 201, Viena, 8-12 julho 2018)

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Pages 275-291 | Received 28 Dec 2018, Accepted 26 Aug 2019, Published online: 15 Apr 2020
 

ABSTRACT

In the 21st century, the push and pull between localism and globalization define competing discourses. Social and political identities serve as external supports to a ‘symbolic universe’, a sense of belonging. Yet, today, social representations of an imagined homogeneous national entity are being challenged by mass immigration, refugee crisis and competing models of a global village. Within Person-Centered community discussions on diversity and identity, centering on both the client and the therapist is not uncommon. In our workshops and seminars about the representations of national identities of therapists and more precisely of Greek therapists, we have noted that there is an intense need for therapists to be aware of their own national identities in relation to discourses, stories as emotional narratives and hope for new national identities. As Greek and Person-Centered therapists, in becoming aware of and examining our own personal national narratives, we hope to begin to be active agents through the discussion of a global ethical community, a global politeia.

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG

Im 21. Jahrhundert definiert das Hin und Her zwischen Lokalpatriotismus und Globalisierung rivalisierende Diskurse. Soziale und politische Identitäten dienen als äussere Stützen für ein ‘symbolisches Universum’, für ein Gefühl der Zugehörigkeit. Dennoch werden heute die sozialen Repräsentationen einer imaginierten homogenen nationalen Identität gerade durch Massenimmigration, Flüchtlingskrise und rivalisierende Modelle eines globalen Dorfes in Frage gestellt. Wird in der Personzentrierten Gemeinschaft über Diversität und Identität diskutiert, dann ist es nicht unüblich, sich sowohl auf den Klienten als auch auf die Therapeutin zu zentrieren. In unseren Workshops und Seminaren über die Repräsentationen von nationaler Identität der therapeutischen Fachpersonen und genauer der griechischen therapeutischen Fachpersonen, stellten wir fest, dass es für therapeutische Fachpersonen wirklich notwendig ist, sich ihrer eigenen nationalen Identität bewusst zu sein, und zwar in Bezug auf Diskurse, Geschichten als emotionales Narrativ und als Hoffnung für eine neue nationale Identität. Als griechische und Personzentrierte Therapeuten hoffen wir - indem wir uns unserer persönlichen nationalen Narrative bewusstwerden -, dass wir mehr und mehr mit einer Diskussion zu einer globalen ethischen Gemeinschaft, einer globalen Politeia, wirkmächtig werden.

En el siglo XXI, el empuje y atracción entre el localismo y la globalización definen discursos competitivos. Las identidades sociales y políticas sirven como soportes externos para un ‘universo simbólico’, un sentido de pertenencia. Sin embargo, hoy, las representaciones sociales de una entidad nacional homogénea imaginada están siendo desafiadas por la inmigración masiva, la crisis de refugiados y los modelos competitivos de una aldea global. Dentro de las discusiones comunitarias centradas en la persona sobre diversidad e identidad, centrarse tanto en el cliente como en el terapeuta no es infrecuente. En nuestros talleres y seminarios sobre las representaciones de las identidades nacionales de los terapeutas y, más precisamente, de los terapeutas griegos, hemos observado que existe una gran necesidad de que los terapeutas sean conscientes de sus propias identidades nacionales en relación con los discursos, las historias como narraciones emocionales y la esperanza. para nuevas identidades nacionales. Como terapeutas griegos y centrados en la persona, al tomar conciencia y examinar nuestras propias narrativas nacionales personales, esperamos comenzar a ser agentes activos a través de la discusión de una comunidad ética global, una politeia global.

No século XXI, o permanente jogo de empurra entre o localismo e a globalização definem os discursos concorrentes. As identidades social e política servem de suportes externos a um ‘universo simbólico’, um sentimento de pertença. Contudo, atualmente as representações sociais de uma entidade nacional homogénea imaginada são desafiadas por imigração massiva, crises de refugiados e modelos competidores de uma aldeia global. No seio da comunidade Centrada na Pessoa, as discussões comunitárias acerca da diversidade e identidade, centradas quer no cliente quer no psicoterapeuta, não são incomuns. Nos nossos workshops e seminários acerca das representações das identidades nacionais dos terapeutas, mais precisamente dos terapeutas gregos, reparámos que há uma forte necessidade de que os terapeutas tomem consciência das suas próprias identidades nacionais no que concerne aos discursos, histórias enquanto narrativas pessoais e esperança de novas identidades nacionais. Na nossa qualidade de cidadãos gregos e terapeutas centrados na pessoa, esperamos começar a ser agentes ativos da discussão de uma comunidade ética global, uma politeia global.

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Notes on contributors

Maria Kefalopoulou

Maria Kefalopoulou (PhD, ECP) has studied Social Psychology in France (Paris-Χ-Νanterre, Paris-VII-Denis Diderot) and she is trainer and supervisor of the Person-Centered Training Programs in Counseling and Psychotherapy at ICPS- College for Humanistic Sciences, ICPS, Athens, Greece. She is member of the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP), member of the WAPCEPC and Associate Editor of the PCEP Journal.

Anna Marina Iossifides

Anna Marina Iossifides of Greek parentage was born and raised in the United States. She has a PhD in Social Anthropology from London School of Economics. She was lecturer at the University of the Aegean and at Panteion University. She is a Person-Centered Expressive Arts Facilitator. She is a partner and Director of Quality Control at ICPS, supervisor and trainer.

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