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| systemagazin Zeitschriftenarchiv: Journal of Family Therapy Heft 2/2001 |
| 1/2001 - 2/2001 - 3/2001 - 4/2001 - Übersicht Sveaass, Nora & Sissel Reichelt (2001): Refugee families in therapy: from referrals to therapeutic conversations. In: Journal of Family Therapy 23(2), S. 119-135 abstract: Refugee families referred for therapy present a wide array of problems and expectations, not always in accordance with what therapy may offer. Major differences between referring professionals, families and therapists regarding problem definitions and solutions may complicate collaboration. Interventions that may overcome these barriers and move initial interviews into a therapeutic context are described. Three patterns regarding referral process, problem presentation and expectations (here called referral contexts) are outlined: ‚Äòthe relational‚Äô, where families ask for psychological and interpersonal assistance, ‚Äòthe unfocused‚Äô, where families are referred to therapy without expressing any wish for it, and ‚Äòthe fixed solution‚Äô, where families seek support for solutions that are not of a therapeutic nature. The interventions described form part of a negotiation where motives and interest for therapy are explored and agreements regarding further therapy are outlined. Woodcock, Jeremy (2001): Threads from the labyrinth: therapy with survivors of war and political oppression. In: Journal of Family Therapy 23(2), S. 136-154 abstract: War and political atrocity are endemic, and the denial of what has befallen survivors who become refugees has both therapeutic and human rights dimensions. The work described in this article considers the psychological and political aspects of the suppression of memory and culture and how psychotherapy engages with these processes. Narrative, in its customary form as the creation of stories, is discussed as one of the ways of enabling survivors to be given a voice that allows them to process events of atrocity, displacement and exile. The usefulness of psychoanalytic ideas and their integration with systemic practice is demonstrated. The interplay between difficult psychotherapeutic material, the patient or family and the therapist is shown and the use of supervision noted. The discussion is exemplified with descriptions of therapeutic work with individuals, families and small groups. The thinking that emerges is applicable not only to work with survivors but has general implications for systemic work in general as it struggles with its contemporary identity. Launer, John (2001): Whatever happened to biology? Reconnecting family therapy with its evolutionary origins. In: Journal of Family Therapy 23(2), S. 155-170 abstract: This article argues for a rapprochement between family therapy and biological science. In spite of the prevailing tendency nowadays to write biology out of the story of family therapy, it has played a central historical and conceptual role in the origin of our discipline. Family therapists may have done themselves and their patients a disservice by distancing themselves from the discipline of biology; ignorance of modern biological ideas may be a serious handicap in the practice of therapy. The gap between contemporary biology and the kind of postmodern thinking currently favoured by many therapists is not as great as it appears, and may be bridged. Bloch, Donald A. (2001): The Disembodied Family. In: Journal of Family Therapy 23(2), S. 171-174 Amundson, Jon K. (2001): Why narrative therapy need not fear science and 'other' things. In: Journal of Family Therapy 23(2), S. 175-188 abstract: Narrative psychotherapy was developed to question traditional, essentialist, foundational epistemologies of clinical practice. However, the very practices it sought to take on may be sneaking in through the back door. Narrative however might escape historical tendencies of reification and dominance. In fact these tendencies are only a slight miscue in its development. Instead of succumbing to old habits of perfectability, or certainty, narrative can relax, and just learn to relate. This article presents three key points in this regard: concentrate on what is useful, work backwards from what people want to achieve and 'widen the circle'. McNab, Sue & Ellie Kavner (2001): When it all goes wrong - challenge to mother blame: forging connections between mother and daughter. In: Journal of Family Therapy 23(2), S. 189-207 abstract: This article outlines our clinical development as therapists working with mothers and daughters showing a high level of psychological distress and searching for a way to remain connected. We explore the contemporary discourses of mothering and mother blame to enrich our practice and enable women to acknowledge responsibility constructively and move from the paralysis of blame, shame and guilt. Within the context of these restraints we elaborate our model of working which aims to establish a therapeutic alliance with both mother and daughter and enables exploration of the complex levels of contextual and emotional meaning which underpin their relationship. We aim to develop mutual empathy without sacrificing appropriate responsibility. We believe that systemic practice has inadequately addressed these issues in clinical practice. We encourage greater transparency and self-reflexivity in our encounters. Besharat, Mohammed Ali, Ivan Eisler & Chris Dare (2001): The Self- and Other-Blame Scale (SOBS). The background and presentation of a new instrument for measuring blame in families. In: Journal of Family Therapy 23(2), S. 208-223 abstract: This article presents an account of the development and reliability of an observational instrument to measure blame: the Self- and Other-Blame Scale (SOBS). Fifty-one eating disordered patients together with eighty of their relatives were interviewed using a semi-structured family interview. Videotapes were assessed by two independent raters. Inter-rater reliability was good for both dimensions of SOBS: self-blame (SB) and other-blame (OB). One of the aims in developing the instrument was to be able to explore the relationship between self- and other-blame and criticism. Preliminary data are presented showing the distribution of SOBS scores within families rated as high or low on Expressed Emotion (EE). High EE was associated with high levels of self-blame in the parents, but not in the patients. Fathers in high EE families were more blaming of the patient than those in Low EE families but this was not true for mothers' levels of daughter blaming. |
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