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Franz Epting to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

4/1/2021

 
PictureDr. Franz Epting, University of Florida professor emeritus
Franz Epting has been chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his seminal contributions to the profession of psychology, according to a White House press release.
 
“We are proud to award this high honor to Dr. Epting,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced prior to President Joe Biden’s recent press conference. “Dr. Epting’s seminal work on personal construct theory makes him the ideal recipient for this award.”
 
“And it doesn’t hurt that he’s even older than I am,” quipped President Biden, with a chuckle, before adding “C’mon man! Medals are fun!”
 
Epting seemed unaware of the award when reached by phone at his home in Gainesville, Florida.
 
“Oh my!” he exclaimed. “But I haven't even finished my biography of George Kelly yet!"

Following a brief pause, he asked "Does the invitation include travel expenses? I’m retired and on a fixed income, you know.” He then accidentally hung up the phone.
 
When reached again, he quickly handed the phone receiver to his spouse, Mark Paris. 
 
“Franz tells me he would be honored to attend the ceremony,” Mark reported, “as long as I handle purchasing our airfare to DC and personally chaperone the trip. It should work out pretty well. He gets the highest civilian honor a citizen can receive from the President of the United States. I get frequent flyer miles.”
 
Word of Epting’s award spread quickly throughout the personal construct community.
 
“It’s wonderful, even if these silly American awards make no sense to me,” remarked longtime personal construct psychologist Jörn Scheer from his home in Germany. “They give him a blue ribbon with a cheap looking medal attached. So what? Besides, the Americans haven’t hosted a personal construct psychology conference since 2014. Franz really ought to do something about that.”
 
Psychologists David Winter and Harry Procter, reached by email in the UK, congratulated Franz and then promptly invited him to an online Zoom lecture about their new book on personal and relational construct therapy.
 
“Do you have to be an American to get this award?” asked Procter. “If not, perhaps David and I might be in the running next year?”
 
“I’m retired. Leave me alone!” shouted Larry Leitner when contacted at his home in Iowa and asked to comment on his friend being given the highest honor a US president can bestow. “Why is the press hounding me now, instead of when I was at the height of my career and it actually mattered? Had the media paid more attention years ago when I was starting up my TV talk show, it might not have been canceled after just two weeks on the air. I haven’t had a single ROLE relationship with a reporter since!”
 
Leitner paused, then added “Oh, and congratulations Franz. I owe you a gourmet meal at the four star Nobu Los Angeles. Fixed income be damned!”
 
Social media lit up with enthusiasm about the award, most of it under the hashtag #FreedomAwardFREPTING. But Epting was not interested.
 
“I prefer sociality to social media,” he joked.
 
President Biden will present the award at a yet-to-be-announced ceremony later this year.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom

Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Volume 34, Issue 1 (2021)

1/7/2021

 
Special Issue: Constructing Processes of Involuntary Global Migration
Table of Contents
JCP Cover

Rue L. Cromwell, 1928-2020

12/12/2020

 
We are very sad to announce the passing of Rue L. Cromwell on December 9, 2020. Rue was 92 years old.

An InMemori page has been established to allow those who knew and loved Rue to offer messages to his family, share important memories of Rue, and post special photos. 

If you would like to contribute to, or peruse the shared memories,
 click here or copy and paste https://www.inmemori.com/rcromwell-u81hp/ in your browser. Please make sure your name appears at the top of any post you provide. If someone else's name auto-populates, click on it and replace it with your own.

Feel free to share this page to others who knew Rue.
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Rue L. Cromwell, 1928-2020

links for remembering Rue:

  • Amazon: Books by Rue L. Cromwell
  • Rue's Research Gate Page
  • An Interview with Rue Cromwell
  • Special issue of Journal of Constructivist Psychology on Rue's book, Being Human: Human Being

Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2020), Vol. 33, Issues 3 & 4

9/13/2020

 
Issues 3 and 4 of the 2020 volume of the Journal of Constructivist Psychology are now available. 
  • Issue 3 (Special issue, “Radicalization and Deradicalization from the Perspective of Dialogical Self Theory“)
  • Issue 4 
JCP cover, 2020 issue 4

Constructivist meet-up series

9/13/2020

 
​To enable communication now that conferences had to be cancelled to due to the Corona events, some colleagues have set up an online Constructivist Meet-up Series.

Harry Procter (UK) writes:

The latest Programme in the Meetup Series can be found in this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I6peFTlj8VmbtPbA8LediD66Npw74neK/view?usp=sharing 

If anyone is interested in joining our Constructivist Meetup Series of presentations coming up, email me and I will put you on the mailing list. We're not making it totally public as we may get overwhelmed 

Please email me at harryprocter20@gmail.com with your name and email address with a note about your affiliation and knowledge of personal construct psychology and I will put you on the mailing list to obtain a link before each of the presentations.

Call for associate editor for book reviews

5/24/2020

 
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CALL FOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF BOOK REVIEWS: JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOLOGY

The Journal of Constructivist Psychology (JCP) is searching for a new Associate Editor for Book Reviews.

Preference will be given to individuals who meet the following criteria:
  • a doctorate in psychology or a related area 
  • a record of publication, preferably in areas related to the journal’s scope
  • good organizational skills 
  • efficient and responsive 
  • ability to communicate effectively with publishers, prospective reviewers, and readers of the journal via email, phone, and social media
  • ability to learn and utilize the journal’s ScholarOne manuscript submission portal
The responsibilities of the Associate Editor for Book Reviews include selecting books that warrant review in JCP, carefully soliciting and inviting authors to write reviews of the books selected, working with publishers to have complimentary copies of books to be reviewed sent to authors writing reviews, providing timely feedback on the contents and readability of reviews requiring revision, overseeing the submission of reviews via the journal’s ScholarOne submission portal, working with the co-editors to render decisions on reviews, and collaborating as part of the JCP editorial team.

Associate Editors receive a $500 annual stipend and appear on the journal masthead. The period of appointment is 3 years, with opportunities for renewal and extension of the appointment. 

To Apply:
Please submit a CV and a brief cover letter describing your interest in serving as JCP Associate Editor for Book Reviews, as well as your relevant editorial experience, to Dr. Jonathan Raskin (co-editor) at jonathan.d.raskin@gmail.com.

Review of applications will begin June 15 and continue until the position is filled.
​UPDATE Aug 1, 2020: THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. 

Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2020), Vol. 33, No. 2

3/1/2020

 

Articles 
Article
Good Intentions: Exploring Narratives of Preferred Parenting in Families of a Young Person Who Has Experienced a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP)
Sophie Rea & Rudi Dallos
Pages: 115-135
Published online: 16 Apr 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (241 KB) 

Article
Self-Control and Weight-Loss Practices: An Exploration of Repertory Grid Constructs
Jennifer M. Young, Denise M. Conroy & Sara R. Jaeger
Pages: 136-152
Published online: 04 Feb 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (211 KB) 

Article
Will Bootstrap Clustering Resuscitate Repertory Grid Assessment of Cognitive Complexity? Convergence with Integrative and Dialogical Complexity Suggests It Could
Miroslav Filip & Marie Kovářová
Pages: 153-171
Published online: 17 Jan 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (827 KB) 

Article
Grieving From the Womb: Meaning Construction in Response to Father Loss Before Birth
Michal Mahat-Shamir & Shani Pitcho-Prelorentzos
Pages: 172-187
Published online: 12 Feb 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (216 KB) 

Article
Aborted Transition Between Two Dichotomous Cultures as Seen Through Dialogical Self Theory
Jan Grimell
Pages: 188-206
Published online: 26 Mar 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (332 KB) 

Article
Innovative Moments as Developmental Change Levels: A Case Study on Meaning Integration in the Treatment of Depression
Pablo Fernández-Navarro, António P. Ribeiro, Kerem K. Soylemez & Miguel M. Gonçalves
Pages: 207-223
Published online: 04 Apr 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (308 KB) 

Book Reviews 
Book review
Democratic Self-Governance: A Way Forward for Society
Pages: 224-229
Published online: 03 Apr 2019
First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (129 KB) 

Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2020), Vol. 33, No. 1

2/28/2020

 
Articles 
Article
The Phenomenology of Between: An Intersubjective Epistemology for Psychological Science
Michael F. Mascolo & Eeva Kallio
Pages: 1-28
Published online: 27 Dec 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (390 KB) 

Article
Intersubjectivity, Constructivism, and Personal Construct Theory: Commenting and Extending Mascolo and Kallio’s Article on the Phenomenology of Between
Gabriele Chiari
Pages: 29-35
Published online: 27 Dec 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (130 KB) 

Article
We Still Aren’t Certain What We’re Doing: Reflections on the Complexities of Psychological Science and Intersubjective Epistemology
Lisa M. Osbeck
Pages: 36-43
Published online: 27 Dec 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (133 KB) 

Report
Whose Constructions Are Being Corroborated? A reply to Mascolo and Kallio’s ‘The Phenomenology of Between’
Tom Strong
Pages: 44-48
Published online: 27 Dec 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (112 KB) 

Article
Who Stole My Banana? Social Science as Intersubjective Corroboration
Michael F. Mascolo & Eeva Kallio
Pages: 49-57
Published online: 27 Dec 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (214 KB) 

Article
Cycles of Construing in Radicalization and Deradicalization: A Study of Salafist Muslims
David A. Winter & Aitemad Muhanna-Matar
Pages: 58-88
Published online: 28 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (824 KB) 

Article
Narrative-Emotion Process Markers in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Jasmine Khattra, Lynne Angus, Christianne B. Macaulay & Naomi Carpenter
Pages: 89-102
Published online: 28 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (271 KB) 

Book Reviews 
Book review
Dialogical Self Theory as a Metalanguage and Metatheory for Psychotherapy
Reviewed by Rens van Loon
Pages: 103-107
Published online: 05 Aug 2019
First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (112 KB) 

Book review
Rehumanizing Mental Health Care: The Unique Contributions of Psychiatric Survivor Therapists
Chelsea Chase Reviewed by, Isaiah Noreiga & Jill C. Thomas
Pages: 108-113
Published online: 23 Dec 2018
First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (119 KB) 

Journal Of Constructivist Psychology (2019), Vol. 32, No. 4

10/29/2019

 
Articles 
Article
Systematic Integration of Quantitative Measures into the Qualitative Content Analysis of Constructs
Nikolas Höft, Mark Heckmann & Devi Jankowicz
Pages: 345-369
Published online: 25 Oct 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (1527 KB)

Article
Perceptions of Socially Disadvantaged Children: A Personal Construct Approach
Tazvin Ijaz, Farah Malik & Shirmeen Ijaz
Pages: 370-389
Published online: 04 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (688 KB)

Article
Emptiness, Engulfment, and Life Struggle: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Chronic Depression
John E. Rhodes, Steve J. Hackney & Jonathan A. Smith
Pages: 390-407
Published online: 05 Dec 2018
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Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (289 KB)

Article
Personal Constructs of Mind-Body Identity in People Who Experience Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Tom Sanders, David Winter & Helen Payne
Pages: 408-423
Published online: 28 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (313 KB)

Article
Discordances in Ascriptions of Agency and Reflectivity in the First Psychotherapy Session
Heidi Toivonen, Jarl Wahlström & Katja Kurri
Pages: 424-443
Published online: 28 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (193 KB)

Article
Voices Inside Me: The Relationship Between Neuroticism and the Tendency to Engage in Internal Dialogue in the Context of Time Perspective
Malgorzata Sobol-Kwapinska, Piotr Oleś & Joanna Stokłosa
Pages: 444-460
Published online: 28 Dec 2018
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Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (620 KB)

Book review
Deconstruction: A Process of Building Better Therapists
Reviewed by Kimberly Champion & Jill C. Thomas
Pages: 461-465
Published online: 23 Dec 2018
First Page Preview| Full Text| References|
PDF (120 KB)
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Journal Of Constructivist Psychology (2019), Vol. 32, No. 3

7/23/2019

 
Articles 
Article
Dialogical Self and the Changing Body During the Transition to Motherhood
Kristiina Uriko
Pages: 221-235
Published online: 29 May 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (871 KB)
Article
The Normal, Improving, and Productive Self: Unpacking Neoliberal Governmentality in Therapeutic Interactions
Andrea LaMarre, Olga Smoliak, Carmen Cool, Hilary Kinavey & Laura Hardt
Pages: 236-253
Published online: 19 Sep 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (231 KB)
Article
Implicit Theories of Creativity in Higher Education: A Constructivist Study
Jelena Pavlović & Slavica Maksić
Pages: 254-273
Published online: 31 Jan 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (259 KB)
Original Articles 
Article
“I’m Just Who I Am”: Self-Continuity and the Dialogical Self in a Study of Migrants
Kenna Bourke, Guida de Abreu & Clare J. Rathbone
Pages: 274-291
Published online: 06 Sep 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (185 KB)
Articles 
Article
Unraveling the Wonder of the Ordinary: A Narrative Analysis of Meaning Construction in Memories of Familiar Routines
Jacky van de Goor, Anneke M. Sools & Gerben J. Westerhof
Pages: 292-308
Published online: 29 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (211 KB)
Article
On the Measurement of Implicative Dilemmas
Víctor Rouco, Clara Paz, David Winter & Guillem Feixas
Pages: 309-324
Published online: 03 Oct 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (642 KB)
Article
Recycling Identities: A Narrative Inquiry on Consumer Decision Making Among Urban Poor Families in the Philippines
Earl Justin Y. Tiu, Faustene S. Tamayo, John Paolo L. So & Nico A. Canoy
Pages: 325-344
Published online: 06 Sep 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (365 KB)
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