Phenomenology and phenomenological psychology

Abstract

All knowledge is a construction made by the subject according to the season in which he lives. This way of life states what can be observed and what can be said of the observed, therefore, all knowledge is mediated by a way of thinking about reality expressed in a daily practice within a group or community. This article presents the epistemic commitments that the explanatory and intervention approach of the client-centered therapy of Rogers takes from Husserl’s phenomenology to clarify misunderstandings which decontextualize this psychological theory and to discuss the scope and limitations in the treatment of emotional and psychological problems of our day.