ANZJFT Volume 19 Number 3
September 1998Contents
| In Brief: Coming Events, Jottings and Announcements | |
| Editorial - The Words we Use | Bruce Chenoweth |
| Why Postmodern Theory may be a Problematic Basis for Therapeutic Practice: A Feminist Perspective | Belinda Sanders |
| Architecture: A Template for Generating Design and Construction Possibilities for Therapy | Geoff Dean |
| Psychotherapy, Architecture and the Postmodern Attitude: An Essay | Andrew Relph |
| Shylock is not Heartless: The Function of Separation in Men's Emotional Development | Keith Sedgman |
| Research in systemic therapies: trends and realities | Simon Kennedy |
| What Distinguishes a Family Therapist? [Network News] | Liz Mackenzie, Val CXlarke, Adrienne Wills, Janet Roth, Harvey Miller and Janine Mahoney, edited by Jane Chapman |
| Letter from Argentina | |
| Reviews |
Abstracts & Sample Articles
In Brief: Coming Events, Jottings and Announcements
View article. [PDF format - 102KB]Editorial - The Words we Use
by Bruce ChenowethView article. [PDF format - 78KB]
Why Postmodern Theory may be a Problematic Basis for Therapeutic Practice: A Feminist Perspective
by Belinda SandersView article. [PDF format - 219KB]
Both poststructural and social constructionist thinking are imbued with a masculine bias. First, I demonstrate that Foucault's theory of power and knowledge fails to take into account the female experience of power and the gendered nature of knowledge production. With the support of psychoanalytic theory I also claim that Foucault's theory of the 'social', 'discursive' production of 'selves' omits the contribution of the prelinguistic but no less 'social' mother[n]infant relationship, and in so doing obscures the prelinguistic foundations of emotionality. This poststructural reduction of 'selves' to, and subsequent subsuming of emotionality within, the instance of 'language', 'discourse' or 'narrative', is, I claim, replicated in the social constructionist thinking of Gergen and Bruner. Finally, I consider some of the consequences of a therapeutic practice which has its foundations in these two interrelated bodies of thought, suggesting, from a feminist perspective, that a major shortcoming of this narrative practice is its failure to attend to emotionality.
Architecture: A Template for Generating Design and Construction Possibilities for Therapy
by Geoff DeanThe architectural processes of design and construction can be adapted to the design and construct of human solutions. Architecture provides a generative metaphor for therapy as well as a coherent and comprehensive conceptualisation for developing an integrated therapeutic eclecticism. The notion of 'therapy as architecture' is general enough to encompass all models of therapy. However, the paper confines its application of the architectural metaphor to the field of family therapy, and in particular to the briefer approaches to family therapy. Also, the paper demonstrates the utility of this architectural template for providing specific guidance on how to design and construct a therapeutic form in keeping with the client's brief and context. A case vignette illustrates how an architectural therapy works.
Psychotherapy, Architecture and the Postmodern Attitude: An Essay
by Andrew RelphView article. [PDF format - 255KB]
For all its faddishness, postmodernism as a set of ideas and as an attitude has much to offer contemporary psychotherapy. These ideas and attitudes are briefly outlined and their application to psychotherapy practice elaborated and illustrated with reference to postmodern design.
Shylock is not Heartless: The Function of Separation in Men's Emotional Development
by Keith SedgmanView article. [PDF format - 593KB]
'Shylock is not Heartless' uses poetry, film and the popular press to illustrate men's adherence to the traditional male tasks of protector and provider. Some men shift from protector and provider to the negative equivalent, controller and possessor, at the crisis point of separation. For others, separation provides the impetus for a journey inward toward self. The metaphor of the Iceberg and the Ocean has been found useful in helping some men observe the differences between them and their female partners.
Research in systemic therapies: trends and realities
by Simon KennedyView article. [PDF format - 111KB]
What Distinguishes a Family Therapist? [Network News]
by Liz Mackenzie, Val CXlarke, Adrienne Wills, Janet Roth, Harvey Miller and Janine Mahoney, edited by Jane ChapmanView article. [PDF format - 192KB]
Reviews
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