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Journal of Biognostic Research

Interdisciplinary research at the intersection of life sciences, critical psychology, biosemiotics, and philosophy of mind. All articles are open access and freely available.

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1 published article

JBR-2025-0012025

Critical Formulation

A Non-Western Approach to Psychological Formulation

Ryszard Salmanowicz

Critical Formulation is a psychological technique, completely separate and in direct opposition to therapy. Unlike it, it shifts the central question from "What is wrong with you?"—that is deeply embedded, although often

critical formulationpsychological formulationnon-western psychologypost-colonial thought
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