Clinical psychology: what type of science?

To identify the main task of clinical psychology, we cannot neglect that it studies the whole existence of the individual. Starting from the term existence (from the Latin exsistĕre, whose prefix indicates a meaning related to going out, to coming forth), we understand that clinical psychology examines the open and unstable nature of patients. This means that the space of psychological inquiry, which cannot be limited to the determinations of causal relationships – through which knowledge is typically acquired in the natural sciences requires a broader framework. The original human openness gives everyone the proper way of being in the world, and clinical psychology needs to adopt a method that allows it to explore a different, unique and unrepeatable patient each time.