Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.18
Glen Wand, Tom Pepe
This article describes the concept of therapist positioning in a therapeutic relationship. It suggests that therapists retain flexibility of their positioning and have the capacity to skillfully choose positioning that optimizes responsiveness, with the aim of enhancing collaboration in the relationship with the client. While there are different therapeutic models with characteristic ways for therapists to communicate, the concept of therapist positioning is relevant across all of them. There is no “one size fits all” approach that is consistently responsive for individual clients and no one therapy approach that can guarantee a relationship in a spirit of collaboration with every client. We, the authors, suggest that the concepts and skills of therapist positioning set out a way of understanding that can improve therapists' practice. The aim of this article is to describe how this can be accomplished.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.56
B. Hernandez, Jessica L ChenFeng, Naomi J. Schwenke
Three marriage and family therapists discuss their experience providing therapy and support interventions for physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. They present three feminist autoethnographic accounts about the unique intersectionality of their lives as they served physicians on the frontlines of the pandemic whilst also negotiating the pandemic themselves. Three themes from the narratives are presented and explored and implications are given for other therapists whose clinical services for medical care professionals also carried a personal and emotional cost.
{"title":"Supporting Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cumulative Feminist Autoethnography","authors":"B. Hernandez, Jessica L ChenFeng, Naomi J. Schwenke","doi":"10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.56","url":null,"abstract":"Three marriage and family therapists discuss their experience providing therapy and support interventions for physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. They present three feminist autoethnographic accounts about the unique intersectionality of their lives as they served physicians on the frontlines of the pandemic whilst also negotiating the pandemic themselves. Three themes from the narratives are presented and explored and implications are given for other therapists whose clinical services for medical care professionals also carried a personal and emotional cost.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115524828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.1
Tracy L. Robinson-Wood, Ruth Hewett, Sade Prithwie, Viena Murillo Paredes
Racial literacy is presented as a framework for bolstering clinical skills among mental health providers, particularly when racism and/or other sources of oppression need to be addressed within clinical spaces. Traditional multicultural psychology training is intended to build upon students’ diversity awareness. There are, however, gaps that contribute to the predominantly White population of counseling trainees exiting their training with limited capacity to address racism and other sources of oppression. This manuscript maintains that racial literacy is a tool that can be used intersectionally to address the problem of racism and racism's friends (e.g., patriarchy and heteronormativity). A case study approach is used to center the discussion of the three domains of racial literacy. The first domain is recognition and refers to detecting, noticing, and observing sensory experiences and environmental stimuli (verbal and nonverbal). Reading is the second domain of racial literacy and describes an accurate naming of the sensory experience detected. The third domain is resolving which describes taking action, problem solving, and intervening.
{"title":"Racism and Friends: The Relevance of Racial Literacy in Clinical Spaces","authors":"Tracy L. Robinson-Wood, Ruth Hewett, Sade Prithwie, Viena Murillo Paredes","doi":"10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Racial literacy is presented as a framework for bolstering clinical skills among mental health providers, particularly when racism and/or other sources of oppression need to be addressed within clinical spaces. Traditional multicultural psychology training is intended to build upon students’ diversity awareness. There are, however, gaps that contribute to the predominantly White population of counseling trainees exiting their training with limited capacity to address racism and other sources of oppression. This manuscript maintains that racial literacy is a tool that can be used intersectionally to address the problem of racism and racism's friends (e.g., patriarchy and heteronormativity). A case study approach is used to center the discussion of the three domains of racial literacy. The first domain is recognition and refers to detecting, noticing, and observing sensory experiences and environmental stimuli (verbal and nonverbal). Reading is the second domain of racial literacy and describes an accurate naming of the sensory experience detected. The third domain is resolving which describes taking action, problem solving, and intervening.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116942716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.74
G. Karakurt, Pranaya Katta, Sarah Apte, Jason Choi, Chi Doan, Sarin Gole, S. Jordan
The study focuses on the initial phase of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) and explores techniques and skills therapists employ to break and de-escalate conflictual cycles in relationships. Using micro-analysis, the researchers examined a 50-minute therapy session with a couple in a high-conflict relationship that was conducted by Dr. Susan Johnson. The research team identified and classified the therapist's skills with moment-by-moment interactional processes. A tiering system was developed to examine skills. A total of 404 therapist skills were analyzed. We observed reflecting 90 times, reframing 84 times, cycle work 56 times, validating 50 times, asking evocative questions 48 times, accessing underlying emotions 32 times, heightening emotions 28 times, and enactmentlike skills 16 times. Results showed that the therapist combined active listening methods with EFT-specific strategies such as accessing underlying emotions, highlighting emotions, tracking interactional cycles, and facilitating communication via enactments. Findings are discussed along with implications for clinical training.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.38
M. polanco
{"title":"Introduction: An Ethical Stance for Justice-Doing in Community Work and Therapy","authors":"M. polanco","doi":"10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.1.38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129812974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.4.17
Leo Scaletta, Aimee Fuentez, S. Silva
The purpose of this article is to discuss the value of the single-session mindset within the Latinx community. We explore the single-session mindset with a composite case of a middle-aged Latinx woman. The given case was a psychotherapy session at Our Lady of the Lake's community clinic where therapists-in-training are supervised by licensed professionals throughout their masters and doctoral programs. The case illustrates working within a single-session framework guided by solution-focused therapy. Additionally, it demonstrates working with a Latina client and what has been traditionally labeled as “posttraumatic stress disorder” (PTSD). The authors further highlight how peoples’ strengths and resources may be utilized to help the client within a single session. A discussion is presented of how such changes were made possible through the use of cultural humility and the establishment of a strong therapeutic alliance, despite the therapists’ initial concerns that language might pose a barrier.
{"title":"The Helping Dolls: Utilizing Single-Session Therapy With Latinx Clients","authors":"Leo Scaletta, Aimee Fuentez, S. Silva","doi":"10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.4.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.4.17","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to discuss the value of the single-session mindset within the Latinx community. We explore the single-session mindset with a composite case of a middle-aged Latinx woman. The given case was a psychotherapy session at Our Lady of the Lake's community clinic where therapists-in-training are supervised by licensed professionals throughout their masters and doctoral programs. The case illustrates working within a single-session framework guided by solution-focused therapy. Additionally, it demonstrates working with a Latina client and what has been traditionally labeled as “posttraumatic stress disorder” (PTSD). The authors further highlight how peoples’ strengths and resources may be utilized to help the client within a single session. A discussion is presented of how such changes were made possible through the use of cultural humility and the establishment of a strong therapeutic alliance, despite the therapists’ initial concerns that language might pose a barrier.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130508063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.4.1
Hatsuho Ayashiro
This study examined the processes adopted by Japan's first undercover anti-bullying team (UABT). Based on narrative therapy, the anti-bullying project was conducted at a public elementary school for 36 days to eliminate bullying, motivated by a bullying incident involving an 11-year-old female student. Her classmates, including two bullies who were selected as UABT members, accomplished their mission by creating and conducting plans against bullying, holding frequent meetings to adjust the plans, and attempting to amend conflicted classroom relationships that could encourage bullying. The mission effectively eliminated the occurrence of bullying after six days, indicating that the UABT could effectively eliminate bullying through playful learning. Accordingly, it encouraged the children to resolve such serious problems, empowered agencies in students that may have been previously subordinated, and deconstructed dominant discourses related to bullying. Its limitations include its secrecy aspects and the potential risk to call out other classmates.
{"title":"Undercover Anti-bullying Team: An Alternative Approach to Bullying in Japan","authors":"Hatsuho Ayashiro","doi":"10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the processes adopted by Japan's first undercover anti-bullying team (UABT). Based on narrative therapy, the anti-bullying project was conducted at a public elementary school for 36 days to eliminate bullying, motivated by a bullying incident involving an 11-year-old female student. Her classmates, including two bullies who were selected as UABT members, accomplished their mission by creating and conducting plans against bullying, holding frequent meetings to adjust the plans, and attempting to amend conflicted classroom relationships that could encourage bullying. The mission effectively eliminated the occurrence of bullying after six days, indicating that the UABT could effectively eliminate bullying through playful learning. Accordingly, it encouraged the children to resolve such serious problems, empowered agencies in students that may have been previously subordinated, and deconstructed dominant discourses related to bullying. Its limitations include its secrecy aspects and the potential risk to call out other classmates.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126226728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.3.20
Jose Zarate, Nikole Babcock
This article demonstrates the practice of narrative therapy and the use of therapeutic letters with a transgender individual. Despite the growth of this practice, limited attention has been devoted to how beneficial therapeutic letters can be for transgender individuals who are in the process of coming out and transitioning. This case story aims to addresses the gaps in literature surrounding the use of therapeutic letters with transgender individuals in counseling practice. In this case story we discuss the therapeutic process of using narrative therapy. We communicate our findings through counselor-written therapeutic letters and Martha's response to the therapeutic letters. The use of therapeutic letters in counseling supported Martha's gender transition and agency to continue their gender transition.
{"title":"“I Have Been Carrying This Letter Around With Me Like a Talisman”: A Case Story of Narrative Therapy With a Transgender Client","authors":"Jose Zarate, Nikole Babcock","doi":"10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.3.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.3.20","url":null,"abstract":"This article demonstrates the practice of narrative therapy and the use of therapeutic letters with a transgender individual. Despite the growth of this practice, limited attention has been devoted to how beneficial therapeutic letters can be for transgender individuals who are in the process of coming out and transitioning. This case story aims to addresses the gaps in literature surrounding the use of therapeutic letters with transgender individuals in counseling practice. In this case story we discuss the therapeutic process of using narrative therapy. We communicate our findings through counselor-written therapeutic letters and Martha's response to the therapeutic letters. The use of therapeutic letters in counseling supported Martha's gender transition and agency to continue their gender transition.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"163 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121396291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.3.1
Kayleigh Sabo, M. Reiter
The effects of yoga on mental health and general wellbeing are not a new research endeavor, as there are many studies that explore this topic. However, there is little literature on the integration of yoga within a therapeutic context. We seek to fill that gap and demonstrate the connections we see between the philosophies and practices of yoga and experiential family therapy specifically. First, we give a background of the origins of yoga and its use in psychotherapy thus far in addition to the essentials of Satir's experiential family therapy. We then connect these fields by discussing how they overlap both in beliefs and practices and by providing a case example that utilized techniques from both disciplines. We end with sharing our reflections surrounding implications to consider and our hopes for where this discourse could lead us in the future.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.3.68
Alicia Ayora-Talavera, Dora A. Ayora-Talavera, Jaime Goyri-Ceballos, T. C. Campo-Marín
The authors and eight other colleagues from Yucatan in Mexico, with an average of ten years of training and professional experience with collaborative and dialogic practices (CDP), carried out an investigation on how the practitioners of these practices develop a critical view of their professional activity. Our research is framed in discursive psychology, since we identify ourselves with the critical reflections about practicing. We reflect on how to adopt the discourse of the CDP, how it can be associated with the discomfort that one has with positivist discourses, as ways of challenging what is established, and even as a form of freedom. In addition, we review the CDP as a stance and a form of analysis, as well as offer our reflections on its possible colonizing and political effects. We offer some practical implications as a form of updating to face the new dilemmas that life throws at us.
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