Systemic Psychotherapy

Haydon-Laurelut, M., Bissmire, D., & Hall, H. (2009) Systemic Staff Consultation in Staffed Accommodation. What do we mean by Systemic? What do we mean by Working Systemically? Human Systems: The Journal of Therapy, consultation and Training. Vol 20, 1, 35-50.

by Mark Haydon - Laurelut

This paper will explore the work of members of community learning Disability
Services in attempting to support... more This paper will explore the work of members of community learning Disability
Services in attempting to support care organisations to work effectively with
those they serve. Systemic practice has been increasingly recognised as
potentially useful in working with the systems of relationships that from the
context of the lives of men and women with learning disabilities. (See for
example Baum & Lynggaard (eds.), (2006); Jenkins & Parry (2006); Haydon, M.
& Elliott, N. (2004) as well as consulting with organisations more generally
(Campbell, 2000, Cecchin & Stratton, 1991). We will begin by exploring the term
‘systemic’ and what it might mean to work systemically.

Haydon-Laurelut, M & Wilson, J. C. (2011) Internalised-Other interviewing: attending to voices of the ‘other’. Journal of Systemic Therapies, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 25 – 38

by Mark Haydon - Laurelut

Abstract
This paper investigates a new application of the Internalised-Other Interview (Tomm, 1993).... more Abstract
This paper investigates a new application of the Internalised-Other Interview (Tomm, 1993). Internalised-Other Interviews have been used for increasing empathy (Burnham, 2000), for creating dialogue (Lysack, 2002), as a way of entering the culture of a person (Pare, 2001) and from within an object relations framework (Hurley, 2006). This paper explores the use of the Internalised-Other Interview for conversations where the referred person is not present. Such people may be at risk of being understood by family members, staff, and others in the community in narrow, monological and problem-saturated ways. Such people may include those with severe intellectual disabilities (ID); those with challenging behaviours; and those with high communicative support needs. The paper discusses an illustrative vignette based on using the Internalised-Other Interview with residential staff supporting people with ID. We have found that Internalised-Other Interview can be powerful in supporting people, family members, support staff, professionals and others in a person’s network to help them into the experience of a person who they might otherwise be struggling to understand. Internalised-other interviews invite attention to the voices of, and positions occupied by, people at risk of being either unheard or understood only in superficial, clinical, problem-saturated and ‘othered’ ways. The Internalised-Other Interview is particularly useful when working with referrals for individuals where proxies may be required to provide communication support.

Daynes, S,. Doswell, S., Gregory, N., Haydon–Laurelut, M. & Millett, E. (2011) Emergent Cake: A plurality of systemic practices. Context. April 2011

by Mark Haydon - Laurelut

In this paper we describe some of the systemic practices used in our Community Learning Disability Teams (CLDT’s).... more In this paper we describe some of the systemic practices used in our Community Learning Disability Teams (CLDT’s). Systemic, social constructionist approaches guide practice away from the imposition of clinician-led professional knowledge toward the valuing of the complexity of local contexts and to practices of collaboration with those seeking the assistance of specialist learning disability services. We describe a plurality of practices that are at once highly valued for their brevity, effectiveness and client satisfaction and also create space for political challenges, namely, to internalising, disabling understandings of people with learning disabilities and their relational networks.

Haydon-Laurelut, M. (2011). Disablement, systemic therapy and people with learning disabilities. Context. April 2011.

by Mark Haydon - Laurelut

I work a part of my week in a number of community learning disability teams. I undertake family therapy and systemic... more I work a part of my week in a number of community learning disability teams. I undertake family therapy and systemic practice of
various kinds including with the staff and management of support services. Th e remainder of my week, I work as a lecturer at the
University of Portsmouth. Th is paper explores some ideas about disablement and some of my experiences of working systemically
in services for adults with learning disabilities.

Haydon, M. (2008). “Ooh, where did that come from?”: Celebrating systemic practice in services for adults with intellectual disability. Context, 100, 16 -17.

by Mark Haydon - Laurelut

What and whom we choose to celebrate says a lot about us.
As I thought about celebrating systemic practice, I... more What and whom we choose to celebrate says a lot about us.
As I thought about celebrating systemic practice, I wondered
about how and when those with whom I most often practice,
men and women with intellectual disabilities, have been
celebrated?

Haydon-Laurelut, M. & Nunkoosing, K. (2010) ‘I want to be listened to’. Systemic Psychotherapy with a man with intellectual disability and his paid supporters. Journal of Family Therapy. Vol. 32, 73 – 86.

by Mark Haydon - Laurelut

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This paper contends that the systemic approach can be useful in working with adults
with intellectual... more This paper contends that the systemic approach can be useful in working with adults
with intellectual disabilities and their relational network, including paid care services.
A practice example using a systemic approach with a man with intellectual
disabilities and his paid supporters showed a movement from an internal description
of the problem as existing in the man with intellectual disabilities to a focus on
coordinating the relationship between the man and his paid supporters. The authors
argue for the utility of the systemic approach in working with those who live and workin services for people with intellectual disabilities and who may not have had access
to these kinds of conversation in the past.