Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 3 Sayfa Aralığı: 190 - 199 Metin Dili: Türkçe DOI: 10.5455/JCBPR.39012 İndeks Tarihi: 31-08-2020

Psikoterapide Mizah

Öz:
Bireylerin duygu, düşünce, davranış ve fizyolojisine etki eden mizah insan doğasının temelinde yeralan bir olgudur. Gündelik yaşamda saçma ve çelişkili durumlar mizahla rahatlatıcı ve eğlencelişekilde ifade edilebilmektedir. Psikoterapi sürecinde ise mizahın psikolojik sağlıkla ilişkiliolduğunu ortaya koyan araştırma sonuçları doğrultusunda terapötik bir araç olarak kullanılmasınınönerildiği görülmektedir. Mizahın terapi sürecinde özellikle direncin kırılmasını, terapide ortayaçıkan gerilimin azalmasını ve danışanların olaylara farklı bir açıdan bakmasını sağlaması gibietkilerinin olduğu belirtilmektedir. Bu bağlamda ilgili alanyazında mizah kavramının terapötikolarak açıklandığı, mizahın terapide kullanım amaçlarına, olumlu etkilerine ve kullanım risklerinedeğinildiği görülmektedir. Bu derleme, mizahın terapi sürecinde kolaylaştırıcı etkileri göz önündebulundurularak psikoterapide daha etkili bir şekilde kullanılma gereksinimine ışık tutmak amacıylagerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu kapsamda ilk olarak terapötik mizahın tanımı, terapist ve danışan açısındanişlevleri, ikinci olarak mizahın psikoterapi kuramları açısından ele alınış şekli açıklanmıştır. Mizahınyalnızca bireysel terapide değil grup psikoterapisinde de etkili bir unsur olduğuna ve birtakım yıkıcıetkiler içermesine rağmen doğru şekilde kullanıldığında iyileşmeye katkı sağlayan bir araç olduğunadeğinilmiştir. Bunlarla birlikte mizahın kullanım ölçütleri ve göz önünde bulundurulması gerekenriskler alanyazın çerçevesinde tartışılmıştır.
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Humor in Psychotherapy

Öz:
Humor, affecting feeling, behavior and physiology of individuals is a phenomenon which takes place in the base of human nature. Absurd and conflicting situations of daily life can be expressed with humor in a relaxing and entertaining way. As a result of studies indicating humor and psychological health are associated, and it is suggested that humor can be used as a therapeutic means in psychotherapy process. It is stated that humor has influences on breaking resistance, decreasing the tension which occurred in therapy and getting the clients to look at events from a different perspective. In this context, in the related literature, it is seen that the concept of humor is described therapeutically, the goals of usage of humor in therapy, its positive effects and the risks of using humor are stated. This review has been done to enlighten the necessity of using humor more efficiently in psychotherapy process while considering the facilitating effects of it. In this context, firstly the definition of therapeutic humor, the practicality of humor for both therapist and client; secondly conceptualization of humor in terms of psychotherapy theories are explained. It is stressed that humor is not only effective in individual therapy but also in group psychotherapy; although it contains some destructive effects, if used properly it is a means to contribute to healing. Furthermore, the criteria to use humor and the possible risks to be considered are discussed in the frame of literature.
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