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The core consideration with which George Kelly is concerned is distilled in his suggestion that the psychology of personal constructs represents an attempt to catch a glimpse of the person going about the business of being human. Whatever the business of being human is for Kelly, he is clear that he wishes to understand that business from the perspective of those who are going about it. To use Kelly’s words, he wants to take the perspective of the “inward outlook” and in so doing move away from the “outward inlook,” providing a radical rethink of the psychology that was contemporary of his time. This article will suggest that the unsophisticated way that Kelly dealt with language has implications for the theoretical carriage of this “inner outlook” and opens up Personal Construct Psychology to elaboration in the direction of a more sophisticated account of language. This article will culminate in a suggestion that Personal Construct Psychology make a more tight hermeneutic turn to Hermeneutic Constructivism. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An interview with clinical psychologists Robert A. Neimeyer and Donald Meichenbaum is presented. They offer their perspectives on the evolution of clinical psychology and their contributions to the field. Neimeyer shares his interest in the way psychologist George Kelly conceived constructivism. Meichenbaum suggests that the term "revolution" should be used to describe the development of the psychology and science fields.

The article talks about the future of the field of constructivist psychotherapy. The psychotherapy methods that have been used by clinicians are mentioned, including systematic desensitization, empty chair technique and invariant prescription. The opinions of psychologists Carl Rogers (1956) and Jerome Bruner on the constructivist perspectives of psychologist George Kelly are also presented.

The article discusses the future of personal construct psychology (PCP), a constructivist theory developed by American psychologist George Kelly. The author finds that the theory is based on the philosophical assumption of constructive alternativism. The two PCP assessment methods, self-characterization and role construct repertory test, and the alignment of PCP with the constructivist movement are explained.

Schizophrenia from the point of view of psychology of personal constructs: theory, research, psychotherapy The study analyses, compares and evaluates several hypotheses explaining symptoms of schizophrenia within the personal construct theory. It aims to provide a complex overview of development in this field from fifties of the last century until current research. The overview connects theoretical considerations, empirical research and implications for psychotherapy. It begins with basic notions of George A. Kelly and reviews their elaboration and empirical testing made by Don Bannister and his collaborators and followers. It focuses especially on relationships between constructivist diagnostic dimensions (loosening - tightening, fragmentation - integration, differentiation - monolithic structure) and symptoms of schizophrenia. Last sections focus on recent research that is influenced by related approaches of social constructionism, narrative psychology and of the theory of dialogical self. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]