Ideas drawn from family and systemic therapy form the basis of many interventions in mental health and childcare. This brief introduction offers an ideal starting-point for non specialists and new students keen to develop their skills. Taking a step-by-step experiential approach, it explores key concepts in vivid practice context.
Introduction
Using the Genogram and Convening the Family
A Family Systemic Session Observed
Essential Ideas in Systemic Thought and Practice
The Family Crucible and the Origins of Family Therapy
Key Interactions in the Family Crucible
The Search for Wellbeing: the Ethical Dimension of Systemic Thought
The Phenomenological Perspective and Method
Dialogue Analysis: Scripts and Subscripts
Change and the Therapeutic Art of Narrative
