An Introduction to Systemic Therapy with Individuals: A Social Constructionist Approach

209 Pages·2005·1.739 MB·English

by  Fran Hedges

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A I
N NTRODUCTION
S T
TO YSTEMIC HERAPY
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WITH NDIVIDUALS
A Social Constructionist Approach
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RAN EDGES
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ONTENTS
List of figures viii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Overview of Systemic Therapy: Theory/Practice 8
3 Social Constructionist Approaches to Emotion and the Self 27
4 The Importance of Context 47
5 From Neutrality and Curiosity to Self–Other-Reflexivity 66
6 Circular Questioning 83
7 Hypothesising and Systemic Story Creation 100
8 Future Dreaming and Appreciating Abilities 119
9 Tracking an Episode 138
10 Change: an Ethical Stance 156
Appendix 1 The Milan Method: The Five-Part Session 176
Appendix 2 Proforma: Introductory Consultation devised for the
Counselling Service: Roehampton University 178
Glossary 180
Bibliography 185
Index 193
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IST OF IGURES
1 Pearce’s ‘atomic’model 52
2 Genogram of Angela’s family 85
3 Mindmap: making connections when hypothesising 104
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CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am immensely grateful to Peter Lang for introducing me to systemic ideas,
for his continued inspiration and for his generous help with this book. I
would like to thank members of my team at Roehampton University who
supported me whilst I wrote the book, in particular Frances Shaw who read
drafts and offered wise suggestions. And I am deeply indebted to the many
people with whom I had the privilege of being in conversation: clients,
colleagues, supervisees and friends, without whom this book would not
have been possible.
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