Kelly's Cognitive Personal Construct: Bipolar II Disorder

George Kelly died more than two decades before Bipolar II Disorder (BPDII) was an official diagnosis in the statistical manual.  Linkage between the effects of validation and personal constructs also began before BPDII was an official diagnosis (Rehm, 1972).  The growth and development that can be seen through continued research into cognition is a direct result from Kelly pressing on through his clinical and research experience despite being a psychology outsider.  His life and legacy continue to contribute to mental health through BPDII research and treatment outcomes.  Long are the days where two seemingly contradictory viewpoints are thought of as impossible to simultaneously be true at the same time.  It is possible to be full of fear and courageous simultaneously.  Kelly's cognitive theory of "personal construct" wherein perception is a person's reality can finally be validated.  The psychopathology of the disease he concluded was the individual to be their own scientist in that they could predict outcomes of their own maladaptive functioning despite previous failures.  He also opined they would acknowledge themselves as importantly as an assessment (Cervone & Pervin, 2023).  Assessments such as the Role Construct Repertory Test (Rep) created an image for the clinician and client of how they perceived others as well as how they believed others perceived them.  This could go on exponentially, unlike the dyad of client-clinician.  Sewell (2020) found that clinicians who were able to assist clients facilitate their own construct toward changing maladaptive behavior promoted meaningful growth.  Fixed-role play wherein there are alternatives to the construct in a therapeutic approach example.  Client participation in their own treatment plans through setting their own objective goals is also effective.  Increment goals wherein the construct of the self is able to be permeable to change has the opportunity to bring on more change in the BPDII individual, correlating with the theory of motion.  

References

Cervone, D., & Pervin, L. (2023). Personality theory and research (Fifteenth ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Retrieved from ISBN 9781119891673

Rehm, L. P. (1972). Effects of validation on the relationship between personal constructs. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 20(3), 267-270. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1037/h0031940

Sewell, A. (2020). Utilizing personal construct psychology and the repertory grid interview method to meaningfully represent the voice of the child in their social relationships. Pastoral Care in Education, 38(2), 93–115. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2020.1713869

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