Systemic Psychotherapy
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This paper will explore the work of members of community learning Disability Services in attempting to support care organisations to work effectively with those they serve. Systemic practice has been increasingly recognised as potentially... more
In this paper we describe some of the systemic practices used in our Community Learning Disability Teams (CLDT’s). Systemic, social constructionist approaches guide practice away from the imposition of clinician-led professional knowledge... more
Hôn nhân là một cuộc chiến giữa hai gia đình trong việc tranh đấu để tái tạo lại chính họ… Không có những cá nhân trên thế gian này, mà đó chỉ là những mảnh ghép tạo nên những gia đình… CARL WHITAKER
I shall present training as a nomadic experience. In the first part I shall develop some issues coming from Heinz von Foerster (1972), Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela (1980). In particular, ideas concerning education and... more
La presente investigación tuvo como propósito caracterizar la práctica clínica sistémica de trabajadores/as sociales y psicólogos/as que ejercen en contextos públicos de salud mental y programas psicosociales vigentes en el país. La... more
This paper troubles the concept of single autism spectrum. We discuss how the ideology from early medical theory has influenced the conceptualisation of autistic people, professional diagnostic practice and an aspiration to “cure” people... more
L'articolo contiene la proposta di un modello di lettura dell’agire terapeutico che cerca di essere congruente con i principi epistemologici della psicoterapia sistemica secondo il "Milan Model" (sviluppato da Luigi Boscolo e Gianfranco... more
Mind Alone For many years psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy was singularly centered on the unconscious mind and conscious mind. There was only mind and the mind could become aware of its own self and its own representational... more
The main aim of this study is to explore the breadth of the inference field and the type of etiopathogenetic contents of symptom explanations provided by the client and therapist in the first two psychotherapy sessions conducted using a... more
Background: People coming to therapy as part of their recovery from torture may choose not to speak or write about their experiences, yet the process of seeking asylum requires that they must hand over their life stories for a true–false... more
Blaming events in therapy were used as a focus for discussions with family therapists in order to examine their construal of the therapeutic process when working with families who blame. Interview transcripts were used as data which were... more
The aim of this study was to further understanding of blame in systemic therapy. Five families were chosen by their therapeutic team as engaging in blaming of a kind that the therapists found difficult to work with. Couples from each of... more
Abstract This paper investigates a new application of the Internalised-Other Interview (Tomm, 1993). Internalised-Other Interviews have been used for increasing empathy (Burnham, 2000), for creating dialogue (Lysack, 2002), as a way of... more
Current evidence suggests that up to 20% of Irish adolescents have significant behavioural problems, a figure consistent with results of epidemiological studies of youth mental health problems in other countries. Functional Family Therapy... more
This paper contends that the systemic approach can be useful in working with adults with intellectual disabilities and their relational network, including paid care services. A practice example using a systemic approach with a man with... more
This article tells a dialogical story and describes a process of mutual learning and embodiment over the course of a long therapeutic relationship. The article maps the development of relationship, between my inner voices, my supervisors... more
"I work a part of my week in a number of community learning disability teams. I undertake family therapy and systemic practice of various kinds including with the staff and management of support services. Th e remainder of my week, I... more
Riassunto La formazione in psicoterapia è intrinsecamente modellata dal nostro modo di pensare all’essere umano. Che cosa, nell'esistenza umana, ci espone alla (psico)patologia? Cosa può essere considerato benefico e trasformativo nello... more
The main aim of this study is to explore the breadth of the inference field and the type of etiopathogenetic contents of symptom explanations provided by the client and therapist in the first two psychotherapy sessions conducted using a... more
Psychotherapy has never been under such scrutiny. NHS and voluntary agencies have changed what they offer to tick the criteria of ‘evidence-based practice’ as conceptualised through the NICE Guidelines and ‘Skills for Health’ to win... more