Linus Paul Frederic Günther

• Doctor of Philosophy
• PhD Student at University of Bayreuth Germany

Psychotherapy, as a cultural activity, faces the challenge of adapting to historical changes and emerging issues. In this article, a multilevel approach to psychotherapeutic intervention that encompasses the individual, relational, and contextual dimensions is proposed. The approach is based on an historical-cultural theoretical framework that inte...

In the present work, an attempt is made to approach the cultural-psychological question of the human search for meaning. Different sub-areas of psychology are presented, which show a special relation to the psycho-hygienic conception of the experience of meaning. In this context, cultural and clinical psychology, developmental psychology, positive...

This paper theoretically examines how the psycho-pathological concept of hysteria has evolved since its emergence in antiquity, what causes contributed to it and how nowadays meaning-making systems of clinical psychology are mirrored through it. As has been shown, the transformation of hysteria is more closely related to the cultural psychology of...

In this chapter, AA, which was introduced as a therapeutic tool in chapter above (Guenther, in press), is exemplified by the case of Isepal. Isepal’s allegories powerfully exemplify the possibility of understanding human psyche through organic metaphors and allegories. As will be shown, through the application of AA to Isepal’s case, central themes...

We live in a zeitgeist in which the transfer of information is increasingly related to images (through smartphones, social media, etc.). We live in a zeitgeist in which people are experiencing a rapid change in values and mores, in which culture has less and less to do with locality but is seen as an apperceptive tool that is negotiated reciprocall...

In the present work, an attempt is made to approach the cultural-psychological question of the human search for meaning. Different sub-areas of psychology are presented, which show a special relation to the psycho-hygienic conception of the experience of meaning. In this context, cultural and clinical psychology, developmental psychology, positive...

In the following article, I will briefly introduce the method of Allegory Analysis (AA) (Guenther, 2020, 2021, in press) and then outline it in its application to the case study of. The goal of this article is to introduce AA and illustrate it using the particularly illustrative case of Theresa. It will be shown how AA can be a new psychotherapeuti...

The present study deals with the understanding of the human psyche thought art perception and allegory formation. Besides our physiological, nerve, and endocrinological system, it is mainly culture which constitutes the human psyche. Art is one of the central elements of further expression in every culture. Yet, there is very little scientific disc...

This case study shows how allegories are a means to express the inexpressible and how Allegory Analysis can be a method to reveal it and bring out the subjective meaning making, life script ideology, and capability to deal with the ambivalent in critical life situations. From a cultural psychological perspective, the research is based on feelings d...