title: Toward a phenomenology of forensic psychotherapy: a commentary on Polizzi and Draper.
abstract: This piece is a commentary on the article by Polizzi and Draper (2013), elaborating a phenomenological hermeneutic of clinical forensics. First, it analyzes their depiction of the concepts of reduction, the given and the manifest, and the event. Second, it discusses their application of these ideas to clinical forensics, particularly with respect to issues of the openness/closedness of the client and therapist and their context.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118-2130, USA. aanstoos@westga.edu
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Aanstoos
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy
keywords: Husserl; experience; hermeneutics; meaning; phenomenology