Editorial: Towards an enactive approach to health: an integrative perspective which considers interdependence, agency, autonomy and participatory sensemaking in therapeutic phenomena.

This editorial introduces a special issue advocating for an enactive approach to health, which views health not merely as the absence of disease but as a dynamic process of adaptive interaction between an organism and its environment. It emphasizes concepts such as interdependence, agency, autonomy, and participatory sensemaking—how individuals make sense of their experiences through interaction with others. The perspective integrates biological, psychological, and social dimensions, suggesting that therapeutic phenomena involve the active participation of individuals in shaping their own health. The editorial calls for a shift from reductionist models to a more holistic, relational understanding of health and healing.

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Editorial: Towards an enactive approach to health: an integrative perspective which considers interdependence, agency, autonomy and participatory sensemaking in therapeutic phenomena.