Systemic Therapy

Interpersonal and Systemic Theories of Personality

by Gonzalo Bacigalupe

Gold, S., & Bacigalupe, G. (1998). Chapter in D.F. Barone, M. Hersen, & V.B.V. Hasselt (Eds.) Advanced Personality

The interpersonal and systemic constellation of personality theories has, throughout its evolution, explicitly... more The interpersonal and systemic constellation of personality theories has, throughout its evolution, explicitly questioned the notion of personality as a force which guides, shapes, and explains behavior.  Interpersonal and systems theorists maintain that human behavior is not adequately accounted for solely by the workings of the personality of the individual.  They have argued that forces beyond the personality and outside the control of the individual either contribute to, or more or less exclusively direct, behavior.  More specifically, interpersonal and systems theorists contend that behavior is controlled, at least in large part, by the social environment in the form of interpersonal influences and social systems.

H. Keeney & B. Keeney (2012). What is systemic about systemic therapy? Therapy models muddle systemic practice. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 31(1), 22-37.

by Hillary Stephenson Keeney

Developing a hybrid model of rational-emotive therapy and systemic family therapy

by Jeffrey Guterman

Guterman, J. T. (1991). Developing a hybrid model of rational-emotive therapy and systemic family therapy: A response... more Guterman, J. T. (1991). Developing a hybrid model of rational-emotive therapy and systemic family therapy: A response to Russell and Morrill. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 13, 410-413.

Disputation and reframing: Contrasting cognitive-change methods

by Jeffrey Guterman

Guterman, J. T. (1992). Disputation and reframing: Contrasting cognitive-change methods. Journal of Mental Health... more Guterman, J. T. (1992). Disputation and reframing: Contrasting cognitive-change methods. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 14, 440-456.

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.

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.

Circulus: Journal for Creative Transformation 1(1)

by Hillary Stephenson Keeney

Pensiero sistemico e intercultura

by Massimo Giuliani

http://www.analisiqualitativa.com/magma/0502/articolo_01.htm

Sono passati alcuni decenni dall’impatto che gli studi sulla comunicazione del gruppo del Mental Research Institute di... more Sono passati alcuni decenni dall’impatto che gli studi sulla comunicazione del gruppo del Mental Research Institute di Palo Alto (Watzlawick e coll., 1967) ebbero nel campo delle scienze umane. L’effetto di quell’impatto non si è ancora smorzato, a dispetto del tempo trascorso: nondimeno, per più di un aspetto quel punto di vista che allora aprì strade nuove ed entusiasmanti, oggi ci sembra datato e parziale. Oggi la comunicazione si propone come la questione delle questioni e i temi della relazione e della comprensione reciproca ci impegnano e talvolta ci preoccupano: e le teorie del MRI cominciano a sembrarci insufficienti, se ad esse chiediamo una mappa per una società complessa e dinamica. Non rendono conto della vertiginosa complessità di livelli di significato implicati negli atti comunicativi (contenuto e relazione, dicevano gli studiosi del Palo Alto: e ciò sembrava bastare); non può sostenere col vigore necessario la sfida di convivere con le contraddizioni poste dal confronto con la differenza: il paradosso ci appare sempre più come una condizione con cui confrontarci che come un incidente da evitare.
Con questi e con altri punti ciechi della teoria gli studiosi successivi (v. Cronen e coll., 1982) si sono confrontati per iniziare a introdurre i temi della differenza in quel pensiero e in quel modello di lavoro terapeutico e clinico...

Haydon-Laurelut, M. (2009) Systemic Therapy and The Social relational model of Disability: Enabling Practices with People with Intellectual Disability. Clinical Psychology and People with Learning Disability. Vol. 7, No. 3, 6 – 13.

by Mark Haydon - Laurelut

Therapy has been critiqued for personalizing the political (Kitzinger, 1993). The social-relational model (Thomas,... more Therapy has been critiqued for personalizing the political (Kitzinger, 1993). The social-relational model (Thomas, 1999) is one theoretical resource for understanding the practices of therapy through a political lens. The social model(s) have vewed therapy with suspicion. This paper highlights – using
composite case examples and the authors primary therapeutic modality, systemic therapy – some systemic practices with adults with Intellectual Disability (ID) that enact a position that it is suggested have some coherence
with and, may reciprocally, inform the social-relational model. The practice examples illustrate a support system at risk of disabling those it is mandated to support, the possibility of therapeutically ‘successful’ practices (including
systemic practices) and disablement going hand in hand; as well as the psycho-emotional1 (Thomas, 2006) consequences of the relational positions created by the service system. The paper concludes by suggesting that systemic conversations traversing culture, time and place can be a springboard to unearthing and challenging disabling ideas and practices.

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

Pre publication draft

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.

Latin@ Child Sexual Abuse Survivors in the United States: Relational Assessment and Intervention

by Gonzalo Bacigalupe

PSYKHE, 10 (2), 167-181, 2001.