In this book Trish Thompson and Dan X. Harris (2024) explore how collaborative writing between therapists and clients can both deepen their relationship and enhance the success of psychotherapy. In so doing, it highlights the potential of therapist and client to become “fellow travellers” in therapy as opposed to the more traditional “top down” relationship of “expert” and “client”. It also demonstrates how both client and therapist can change through this flattening of the hierarchy between them.
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At a time when men are seeking therapeutic support at increased levels, identifying and responding to the type of engagement sought by male clients increases the possibility for stronger engagement and retention of men in therapy. This highlights the importance of the perceived challenges of engaging and working with male clients, particularly in attempting to overcome the temptation to label such clients as “resistant”. In 1988, Steve de Shazer and the Brief Family Therapy Centre proposed that clients present seeking different levels of therapeutic engagement (visitor, complainant, and customer relationships). A more recent solution-focused model originating in Bruges has suggested similar levels of engagement between client and practitioner (uncommitted, searching, consultant, and expert relationships; Isebaert, 2016). This paper compares and discusses the two models of therapeutic engagement levels and considers the clinical implications of these for working therapeutically with male clients.
当男性寻求治疗支持的人数越来越多时，识别并回应男性客户所寻求的参与类型，就能增加男性参与治疗并留住他们的可能性。这凸显了与男性求助者接触和合作所面临的挑战的重要性，尤其是在试图克服将这类求助者贴上 "抗拒 "标签的诱惑时。1988 年，史蒂夫-德-沙泽（Steve de Shazer）和简短家庭治疗中心（Brief Family Therapy Centre）提出，求助者寻求不同层次的治疗参与（来访者、投诉者和客户关系）。最近，起源于布鲁日的一个以解决方案为中心的模型提出了客户与实践者之间类似的参与程度（非承诺关系、探索关系、顾问关系和专家关系；Isebaert，2016 年）。本文比较并讨论了这两种治疗参与度模型，并探讨了这些模型对男性客户治疗工作的临床意义。
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The concept of movement and flow reaches into the core of human existence, since nature teaches us its necessity as the seasons move and flow from one to the next. So too, the notion of movement is pivotal to the function of grieving, from the moment loss occurs through to that which is unfolding and becoming. This paper posits three fundamental elements of movement in grief: transience, transition, and transformation. These movements propel nuanced, active, and action-based micro and macro movements to induce healthy bereavement outcomes. Drawing upon the grief literature, clinical observation, and therapeutic reflection, this paper seeks to expand and deepen the therapist’s understanding of the grief movements and the interception of each with the client’s experience. Viewed from this perspective, it will enable the therapist to listen for, observe, hold, and honour the function of each grief movement in a way that enables the client to navigate the deconstructive landscape of loss through to a more integrated and whole experience of life and living.
{"title":"The Movements of Grief","authors":"Mandy Cox, Sonia Fenwick","doi":"10.59158/001c.115410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.115410","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of movement and flow reaches into the core of human existence, since nature teaches us its necessity as the seasons move and flow from one to the next. So too, the notion of movement is pivotal to the function of grieving, from the moment loss occurs through to that which is unfolding and becoming. This paper posits three fundamental elements of movement in grief: transience, transition, and transformation. These movements propel nuanced, active, and action-based micro and macro movements to induce healthy bereavement outcomes. Drawing upon the grief literature, clinical observation, and therapeutic reflection, this paper seeks to expand and deepen the therapist’s understanding of the grief movements and the interception of each with the client’s experience. Viewed from this perspective, it will enable the therapist to listen for, observe, hold, and honour the function of each grief movement in a way that enables the client to navigate the deconstructive landscape of loss through to a more integrated and whole experience of life and living.","PeriodicalId":394035,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia","volume":"82 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140370930","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}
Embodiment and mindfulness interventions provide a range of benefits for individuals living with trauma yet a lack of clarity surrounds their integration in group work practice. This article provides a framework for the integration of embodiment and mindfulness interventions in group settings for trauma. While such interventions can be utilised in primary trauma processing and open process group psychotherapy, this article provides particular guidance for the more general integration of these tools in structured format resourcing groups. Attention is given to the value and features of a phasic, staged integration of these interventions for specialised trauma-oriented group work. This article details how mindfulness and embodiment interventions support participants to cultivate the capacity to counter experiential avoidance and reorient attention towards the present moment, consequently increasing bodily and affective self-awareness. This serves to reduce patterns of reactivity, thereby supporting symptom stabilisation, improved reflective and mentalising ability, and cultivation of the self- and co-regulatory capacities necessary for trauma-processing group work. These interventions also possess supportive implications for the facilitator’s wellbeing, the formation and cohesiveness of the group, and, crucially, the norming process, both implicit and explicit. Attention is given also to safety considerations, including contraindications of mindfulness practices with certain trauma presentations, and the necessary screening requirements and exclusion criteria in the formation of a trauma-oriented group.
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Despite only 39.9% of “yes” votes in the October 2023 voice to parliament referendum, almost nine in 10 Australians (87%) believe that First Nations peoples should have a voice in matters influencing them, according to a comprehensive post-referendum survey (Biddle et al., 2023). Over three-quarters of “no” voters (76%) support this view. Reflecting the survey findings, two articles (Carmody, 2023; Latham et al., 2023) in the December 2023 issue of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia advocate for valuing the cultural skills, experiences, and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in therapy and therapist education. Another article (O’Hara, 2023a) explores how the counselling and psychotherapy profession defines itself, an important concept given the forthcoming two-year review of national standards by the Federal Government. An attachment-based model for supervision (Soliman, 2023), a literature review on dog-assisted therapy for children with anxiety (Wu & Wei, 2023), a conversation analysis of silence in psychotherapy (Berger & Rae, 2023), and the Power Threat Meaning Framework and self-discrepancy theory (O’Hara, 2023b) are also featured. This issue is the first to showcase new sections called Practice Reflections and Viewpoints.
{"title":"Editorial: Valuing Indigenous Voices Despite the “No” Vote","authors":"Jane Marsden","doi":"10.59158/001c.90709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.90709","url":null,"abstract":"Despite only 39.9% of “yes” votes in the October 2023 voice to parliament referendum, almost nine in 10 Australians (87%) believe that First Nations peoples should have a voice in matters influencing them, according to a comprehensive post-referendum survey (Biddle et al., 2023). Over three-quarters of “no” voters (76%) support this view. Reflecting the survey findings, two articles (Carmody, 2023; Latham et al., 2023) in the December 2023 issue of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia advocate for valuing the cultural skills, experiences, and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in therapy and therapist education. Another article (O’Hara, 2023a) explores how the counselling and psychotherapy profession defines itself, an important concept given the forthcoming two-year review of national standards by the Federal Government. An attachment-based model for supervision (Soliman, 2023), a literature review on dog-assisted therapy for children with anxiety (Wu & Wei, 2023), a conversation analysis of silence in psychotherapy (Berger & Rae, 2023), and the Power Threat Meaning Framework and self-discrepancy theory (O’Hara, 2023b) are also featured. This issue is the first to showcase new sections called Practice Reflections and Viewpoints.","PeriodicalId":394035,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia","volume":"22 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139168440","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}
Most literature concerning silence in psychotherapy has focused on the meaning of silences, particularly from psychoanalytic perspectives, and is based on clinical experience rather than empirical studies. These authors tend to interpret silence as pathology or resistance in the client and/or advise clinicians to be especially tolerant of silence and to avoid filling silences. Although some studies have found that moderate silence is correlated with better outcomes, these studies ignore psychosocial aspects of the interaction. No research has looked at silence in psychotherapy as a linguistic device to manage the local sequential environment. Silence following an initiating action is characteristic of dispreferred responses such as refusals and negatively valenced answers in general conversation. In this study, we used conversation analysis to explore preference and the role of silence in nine spiritually oriented humanistic psychotherapy sessions. We found that in contrast to everyday conversation, in these interactions, there is a preference for gaps and pauses while immediate responses are dispreferred.
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This article aims to introduce a relational model of supervision based on attachment theory using the Circle of Security as a model for understanding supervisory dynamics. The article briefly reviews attachment theory and the historical context of clinical supervision and provides a brief discussion regarding the importance of ongoing supervision as a way to support frontline staff and mitigate the impact of secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Applying concepts from reflective supervision and attachment theory, the article introduces the Supervisor’s Circle of Security and presents a matrix model of supervisor—supervisee relationships, lending 16 possible attachment combinations for the dyad. Potential presentations of each of the dyadic compositions is discussed followed by clinical vignettes.
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In this transcribed interview, facilitated by the paper’s third author, Stephen Andrew, Robyne (Robbie) Latham and Banu Moloney discuss La Trobe University’s Graduate Certificate in Family Therapy: First Nations, the development of its pedagogy, its importance to Indigenous and non-Indigenous therapists, the complex relationships between teaching, learning, and listening, and the deep, cross-cultural significance and power of words such as “family” and “therapy”.
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Anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental health disorders experienced by children, and they have a negative effect on social, academic, and health functioning. While traditional psychotherapy has focused on methods such as cognitive behavioural therapy and parental anxiety management to treat these children, interest is growing in animal-assisted therapy (AAT) as a therapeutic modality, and recent research suggests the benefits of AAT within the realms of psychotherapy for children with anxiety. This review aimed to perform a critical appraisal of the available literature relating to dog-assisted psychotherapy for children with anxiety and investigate the effectiveness of this therapy method in reducing anxiety. This structured literature review was guided by the 12 steps recommended by Kable et al. (2012). The search was conducted in August and September 2021 through the databases ScienceDirect, PsycInfo, and PubMed to locate published peer-reviewed literature on the therapeutic benefits of including a dog in psychotherapy sessions for children with anxiety. After critical appraisal, 10 articles were included in the review. General agreement exists that dog-assisted therapy can boost positive emotions and reduce anxiety levels in children, and that interacting with dogs and experiencing their unconditional acceptance help reduce children’s stress and physical pain levels as well as stress in families. The key themes that emerged from this review included the human–animal bond, children’s attachment styles, hospitalisation and environmental considerations, the AAT methods used, and the effects of AAT. This review revealed many benefits of the presence of a therapy dog during psychotherapy sessions, including reducing anxiety, increasing positive emotions, and enabling social interactions for children with anxiety. Counsellors and psychotherapists can feel confident to undertake the required training and implement the necessary systems to accommodate a therapy dog in their therapeutic setting in order to support children with anxiety. It is noteworthy that the positive effects of dog-assisted therapy were not consistent throughout the literature, and most research studies focused on children in hospital settings. Therefore, further research is required regarding the effectiveness and clinical implications of the nature, type of intervention, length, and duration of dog-assisted therapy.
焦虑症是儿童最常见的心理健康障碍之一，对社会、学业和健康功能都有负面影响。虽然传统的心理治疗主要集中在认知行为疗法和父母焦虑管理等方法上，但人们对动物辅助疗法(AAT)作为一种治疗方式的兴趣越来越大，最近的研究表明，AAT在心理治疗领域对患有焦虑的儿童有好处。本综述旨在对现有的有关狗辅助心理治疗儿童焦虑的文献进行批判性评估，并调查这种治疗方法在减少焦虑方面的有效性。本结构化文献综述以Kable et al.(2012)推荐的12个步骤为指导。这项研究是在2021年8月和9月通过ScienceDirect、PsycInfo和PubMed数据库进行的，目的是找到已发表的同行评议文献，这些文献是关于在焦虑儿童的心理治疗过程中加入狗的治疗效果。经过严格的评议，10篇文章被纳入综述。人们普遍认为，狗辅助疗法可以增强儿童的积极情绪，降低他们的焦虑水平，与狗互动，体验它们无条件的接受，有助于减少儿童的压力和身体疼痛水平，以及家庭的压力。从这篇综述中出现的关键主题包括人与动物的联系、儿童的依恋类型、住院和环境考虑、使用的AAT方法以及AAT的影响。这篇综述揭示了在心理治疗过程中治疗犬的存在的许多好处，包括减少焦虑，增加积极情绪，并使焦虑儿童能够进行社会互动。辅导员和心理治疗师可以自信地进行必要的培训，并实施必要的系统，以便在他们的治疗环境中容纳治疗犬，以支持患有焦虑症的儿童。值得注意的是，狗辅助治疗的积极作用在整个文献中并不一致，大多数研究都集中在医院环境中的儿童身上。因此，需要进一步研究狗辅助治疗的性质、干预类型、长度和持续时间的有效性和临床意义。
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In arguably a watershed year for counselling, psychotherapy, and Indigenous healing practices in Australia, this issue of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia (PACJA) is the first since it moved to the Scholastica platform. The move is helping PACJA meet international standards for peer-reviewed journals, in terms of discoverability, design, device-friendly pages, and other features. It comes at a time when the Australian Government has announced funding for the development of national standards for psychotherapists and counsellors, and for two independent peak bodies representing people who live with mental ill health and their carers and kin. This editorial details the articles in Volume 11 (1) of PACJA which emphasise the paradigm shifts accompanying these announcements.
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