Explain kelly's constructive alternativism.
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With his theory of constructive alternativism, George Kelly posited that our experiences of the world around us, including events that take place or our understanding of people, including ourselves, are open to an immense variety of interpretations. Kelly argued that no one construct is a final or definitively accurate way of grasping the world. Instead, we can always create alternative constructs to better explain or represent that which we observe. A revised construct can increase our ability to comprehend the world around us and help us feel that we can predict or control it.
Kelly's theory of constructive alternativism has interesting implications for psychotherapy. Skilled therapists can use constructive alternativism to help clients who are depressed or anxious live happier lives by reconsidering the way the clients have appraised their lives. (Cognitive therapy, in fact, is based to some extent on this premise.) For example, an individual might seek therapy because he feels depressed as a result of seeing his recent divorce as his own fault. Or, a high school student who continually struggles in school may seek the help of a therapist because she feels depressed about her academic failures.
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