Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1521/JSST.1988.7.1.54
H. Anderson, A. Rambo
This paper describes an experiment in systemic family therapy training that is part of an on-going attempt to relate the concepts and practices of systemic family therapy to systemic family therapy training. An example of a training framework, Systemic Case Consultation, is presented. Through intertwining trainer and trainee voices, we share two levels of observation: (1) our descriptions of the framework and (2) our descriptions of our experiences. Namely, the trainer simultaneously reviews the framework and comments on her experiences; and likewise the trainee simultaneously provides a clinical example and relates her experiences. The processes described are intricate and evolutionary, and thus, extremely difficult to present and analyze with objectivity. We realize that there are multiple operationalizations of systemic theory and present our work as only one.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.1.13
Irma Rodriguez J.
This article describes a way in which collaborative-dialogic practices in a single-session therapy format can be used as a therapeutic framework to design an employee assistance program (EAP) within an organization. The theoretical section will discuss some of the principles of single-session therapy (SST) and collaborative-dialogic practices (CDP) that inform the development of this therapeutic practice. The description of an EAP in a construction company in Mexico City will illustrate the service delivery. A clinical session and a theoretical discussion will serve as an example of this practice.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.1.52
Carlos A. Ramos, Douglas Flemons
Although clinical hypnosis has been studied in a variety of ways, most researchers have focused on individual approaches; few have examined relational models influenced by Gregory Bateson's systemic concepts. This article explores how the second author, the developer of a relational approach to hypnotherapy, successfully helped a client who desired to have a baby but could not see or talk about blood, needles, or medical procedures without fainting. Using context-enriched conversation analysis (CECA), the authors examined multiple sources of data, including selected audio-recorded excerpts from the hypnotherapeutic sessions; the client's descriptions of change in her email correspondence with the second author; and the second author's case notes. Although there were a total of eight sessions, this article primarily concentrates on what transpired during the first two sessions of a single case. The authors address clinical and research implications for hypnosis, brief and family therapy, and psychotherapy in general.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2022.41.1.71
Jehanzeb Baldiwala, Trishala Kanakia, S. Nayar
There has been growing interest in the use of narrative therapy in various settings across India. This study sought to understand the benefits of narrative training programs, facilitated by the mental health team at Ummeed Child Development Center located in Mumbai, India; specifically, how program participants are using narrative ideas and practices in their work contexts. Twenty participants, who had completed different forms of long-term narrative training, were engaged in semistructured interviews. Thematic analysis of the data brought forward three themes: Shift in Practice and Philosophy, Shift in Stance as Therapist/Supervisor, and Shift in Personal Lives. Findings reveal that while narrative trainings are emergent in India, the use of narrative ideas and practices has brought encouraging outcomes in diverse work contexts. The study highlights that culturally relevant narrative trainings foster shifts in understanding of counseling, and invite collaboration and agency in therapy, supervision, and personal contexts of participants’ lives.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2011.30.4.99
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Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.4.30
D. Epston, Sallyann Roth
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Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.4.12
G. Vitry, Claude de Scorraille, C. Portelli, M. F. Hoyt
Beginning with the Mental Research Institute (MRI) in Palo Alto, California, a meta-model has been described in which redundant attempted solutions (RASs) are seen to maintain the mental difficulties that they attempt to resolve. Giorgio Nardone and his colleagues at the Centro di Terapia Strategica in Arezzo, Italy, have developed this constructivist approach via a strategic dialogue method that renders an initial diagnostic interview a deliberate and collaborative therapeutic intervention. Using SYPRENE, a systemic practice research network (Vitry et al., 2020), this article presents a reading of persistent psychological problems in terms of the RASs of avoidance and/or control in which they are embedded, and then demonstrates with a clinical vignette how this grid can guide therapeutic prescriptions.
从加利福尼亚帕洛阿尔托的心理研究所(MRI)开始,人们描述了一个元模型,其中冗余尝试解决方案(RASs)被视为维持他们试图解决的心理困难。Giorgio Nardone和他在意大利阿雷佐的战略治疗中心(Centro di Terapia Strategica)的同事们通过战略对话的方法开发了这种建构主义的方法,这种方法使最初的诊断面谈成为一种深思熟虑的合作治疗干预。本文使用系统实践研究网络SYPRENE (Vitry et al., 2020),从嵌入的回避和/或控制的RASs角度对持续存在的心理问题进行了解读,然后用临床小插图展示了该网格如何指导治疗处方。
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Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.4.1
Ian Percy, D. Paré
This is the second of a matched pair of articles that present concepts and practices for expanding the territory of narrative therapy to include working with attention and present moment awareness. The first article explored similarities and differences between narrative therapy and attentional practices derived from Buddhist traditions frequently associated in western contexts with the term “mindfulness.” That piece proposed that both narrative and mindfulness support persons in enacting ethical choice, but the process differs in the two traditions. Narrative is preoccupied with stories or discourses, which are externalized, making space for the performance of alternatives. Mindfulness practices key in on attention, supporting persons in relinquishing the grasp on a never-ending flow of mental phenomena. Narrative seeks to liberate our storying capacity; mindfulness seeks to liberate our attention. Both traditions support persons in living in a manner congruent with their values; we have called this ethical intentionality. This companion article offers examples of how these two traditions can be co-mingled in therapeutic practice.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.4.46
H. Szlyk
Suicidal behaviors and academic difficulties are characteristics that stigmatize youth as “bad” or “troubled” students. Alternative school programs aim to help students struggling with mental health and academic issues. This study explores how high school students make meaning of experiences of suicidality and resilience with respect to mainstream constructs of mental health, education, and identity. Three cases were selected from a sample of 44 interviews with alternative high school students: an 18-year-old White cisgender heterosexual male, a 17-year-old White transgender male (sexuality unspecified), and an 18-year-old Latina cisgender bisexual woman. A preliminary analysis of participant interviews with histories of severe suicidality informed this case selection. Using narrative analysis, common themes emerged: contamination versus redemption, the importance of having space, the physical experience of suicidality, and critical turning points in rejecting stigmatized identities. The findings have implications for practice and research focused on building student resiliency against suicidality.
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