Semantic Polarities in CFT

The entry presents the theory of family semantic polarities which offers a systemic- constructionist perspective on personality and its psychopathology developments focused on semantics. Developed by Ugazio (1998, 2013), this theory gives a fundamental role to process of meaning making in couples and families. It is meanings, the emotions feeding them, and the positions created by them that offer important keys in understanding the dynamics of couples and families and the processes that lead to problems and mental disorders. Meanings form the therapeutic relationship as well and, according to the FSPT, play a central role in therapeutic change.