Systemic Inquiry: Innovations in Reflexive Practice Research

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Simon, Gail

Chard, Alex

Psychology & Counseling

Everything is Connected Press

Systemic Therapy as Transformative Practice is a substantial collection of writings on innovative, contemporary practice from leading edge therapists around the world. The book showcases ground-breaking systemic practice from Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland, England, Canada, Sweden and USA. Writings address connections between change in smaller and wider systems, connecting local with  global – all against a backdrop of massive economic and social instability worldwide. Writers share stories from their everyday working lives with creative reflections  on the intersections of systemic, social constructionist, narrative, dialogical, appreciative, constructivist and collaborative theories."This book is a landmark in the field of systemic theory and practice. It brings together contributions from leading European and North American practitioners and academics on a wide range of topics relevant to systemic practice, couple and family therapy. The book shows how practices based on systems theory and social constructionism  can transform lives in a world recovering from an economic and social crisis. Scholarly, but also immensely practical and a ‘must-read’ for all family therapists." Alan Carr, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University College Dublin "This timely book illuminates the crucial contribution of systemic ideas to creative therapy, organisational work, training and research and it is particularly welcome at a time when we face increasing inequalities and constraints on our freedoms. Systemic thinking has always had the capacity to be revolutionary and I am confident this book will inspire with its range of creative and emancipatory ideas and practices." Charlotte Burck, PhD. Honorary Systemic Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic, London"The transformative qualities of systemic therapy to matters of human distress are abundantly displayed in this fresh exposition systemic therapy and its refined application. The humanity of each author shines through in their ability to combine rigorous thinking with imaginative co-creative practice."Jim Wilson, Systemic Psychotherapist & former Chair, The Family Institute, Cardiff "In an increasing neo-liberal word where the emphasis is on individualistic models of practice and economic discourses of human support, this volume offers an impressive collection of European and North American systemic practitioners that critically, creatively and competently show how systemic ideas are transformative. An invaluable resource for students, scholars and practitioners!" Ottar Ness, Professor Mental Health, University Southeast Norway & Taos Associate"The ecological view, the Batesonian legacy to the field, aligned with the politics and philosophy of subjective experience is the common thread connecting the chapters. Grassroots activism as a sister movement gives energy and conviction to the practices described, where communities are honoured in their need, resilience and entitlement." Dr Nollaig Byrne, Co-Founder of Family Therapy Training Programme, Dublin Forward by Dr Monica McGoldrick.Contributors:Jane DuttonFany (Fotini) TriantafillouDimitra PouliopoulouElektra Bethymouti  Efrossini MoureliTaiwo AfuapeHugh PalmerChristopher J. KinmanLucia De HaenePeter RoberAndrea DavoloLaura FruggeriVikki ReynoldsAndrew LarcombeTherese HegartyEleftheria TseliouGeorgios AbakoumkinVicky KokkiniKaterina NanouriFani ValaiGail SimonNora BatesonUmberta TelfenerGed SmithJustine Van LawickCatherine Richardson/KinewesquaoMarie KeenanErnst SalamonImelda McCarthyGill GoodwillieFrancesca BalestraAnn-Margreth E. OlssonPadraic GibsonDon BoardmanValeria UgazioMarcelo PakmanDesa MarkovicMia Andersson

Systemic Therapy as Transformative Practice

McCarthy, Imelda

Parenting & Relationships

This is a philosophy book for psychotherapists, psychologists, organisational consultants and scholars who are interested in the construction of each other and our social worlds, how we make meaning together and move along with people in dialogue. It is a book written to get beyond superficial and fake talking practices. John Shotter goes further than a purely cognitive understanding of what it means to be human and shows us different ways of appreciating the nuanced movements in acts of developing relational know-how to create new ways of being - and becoming. Ann L. Cunliffe, Professor of Management, University of Bradford: "It is impossible to capture in a few words all the fine detail and nuances of this beautifully crafted book, it invites careful reading. The title brings together the key themes of John’s work across time, themes that invite and challenge us to go beyond taken-for-granted ways of thinking to engage differently with our social world, our place within it, and our ways of generating knowledge. Crucially, he argues we need to develop a discursive consciousness, to make a difference that matters by ‘humanifying’ ourselves as practitioners and scholars."Harlene Anderson, PhD, Houston Galveston Institute and Taos Institute, USA: "Shotter develops his challenge of our dependence on existing theoretical perspectives and their representations suggesting these orient us to, and reinforce, the familiar, blinding us to the nuances, uniqueness, and previously unseen or ignored details of our everyday lives and the people in it. His illuminated challenge draws on his remarkable grasp and interpretation of classic philosophers such as Bakhtin, Merleau-Ponty, Wittgenstein, and contemporary critical thinkers such as Barad, Bertau, and Lipari." Peter Rober, Professor of Family Therapy, KU Leuven, Nederlands: "John Shotter is a thinker. Thinking has become quite unusual in academic psychology nowadays, dominated as it is by a narrow empirical perspective, and a distrust of philosophical reflection. This book is required reading for all family therapists who are interested in the dialogical perspective. But be warned: this is far from a manual. It is food for reflection. This book of Shotter’s is important, as it urges us to be careful with the language we use. The words we casually speak can keep us captive in our usual, individualistic-rationalistic-mechanistic ways of dealing with things, resulting in a world of fragmentation and separation. It is a rich book, that (not withstanding its urgency) should be savored slowly. Like a good wine." Jim Wilson, Systemic Psychotherapist & past Chair, The Family Institute, Cardiff: "Take this book, read it and ponder on how it influences your ways of meeting in social relations in your life. Shotter's strong and committed voice of dissent towards academic modernist psychology rings throughout the text. Instead of grand claims toward generalised truths, he emphasises the significance of local, proximal and familial, as the sites of fresh beginnings and new possibilities. In Shotter's eyes we can see optimism in achieving important human connections in the apparently ordinary ways of being and becoming. In this comprehensive text, he sets out to challenge the over-emphasis in the fields of modernist research that would have us believe that science will provide the necessary answers to complex matters of human livingness." Kenneth Gergen, Senior Research Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College and Taos Institute USA: "John Shotter generously shares with us his rich and illuminating conversations with a host of textual friends. Indeed, these conversations - with their flowing forms without formulations, disclosings without closings - exemplify the major thrust of this inspiring work. Life and love are to be found in sensitive, sensual, and unceasing dialogue."

Speaking, Actually:: Towards a New 'Fluid' Common-Sense Understanding of Relational Becomings

Politics & Social Sciences

Shotter, John

Philosophy

Rewilding Therapy: Ecosystemic Theory and Practice (EcoSystemic Practice)

Santin, Chiara Fortina

Reference

The EcoSystemic Return: An Anthology for Now (EcoSystemic Practice)

Palmer, Hugh

Edwards, Lorna

Laszloffy, Tracey

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