ANZJFT Volume 22 Number 1
March 2001Contents
| Remembering Eleanor S. (Ruth) Wertheim (11.12.1922–23.11.2000) | Andrew Firestone, Sybil Firestone, Sue Oliver and Amaryll Perlesz |
| Editorial - Coming Back Down Under | |
| Political Oppression, Social Change and the Family: A View from South Africa | Leslie Swartz |
| Working Therapeutically with Indian families within a New Zealand Context | Renuka Wali |
| Transcultural Differentiation: A Model for Therapy with Ethno-culturally Diverse Families | Khorshed Khisty |
| Inspiration Across Cultures: Reflecting Teams among the M?tis in Canada | Christina L?wenborg |
| Invitation to the Barbecue: Political Correctness, Social Criticism and Family Therapy | Andrew Relph and Marta Lohyn |
| Psychologists in Tortured States: A Review of Nancy Caro Hollander?s Love in a Time of Hate | Olga Rochkovski |
| Couple Therapy and Attachment: An Interview with Susan Johnson | Michelle Webster |
| Letter to the Editors | Jill Fisher |
| Letter to the Editors | Kathleen Stacey |
| Network News - Akivra Bouris Brings News from NSW | |
| The Supervision Practice of Members of VAFT | Tina Cocking and Nada Miocevic |
| Letter from Argentina | Lia Bikel and Eduardo Cazabat |
| Reviews | |
| Eleanor (Ruth) Wertheim, 1922?2000. | Andrew Firestone, Sybil Firestone, Sue Oliver and Amaryll Perlesz |
Abstracts & Sample Articles
Political Oppression, Social Change and the Family: A View from South Africa
by Leslie SwartzThe obvious continuities between the political and the personal, the public and the private, dominate South African life in a way which may not be familiar to those in the Australian context. South African clinical work with families, much of it in the form of mediated interventions, cannot but operate at the edges of our definitions of both what a family is and what it means to be a mental health worker. In this article I argue that thinking broadly about politics and about our work is essential to the best work in the service of developing family and personal growth.
Working Therapeutically with Indian families within a New Zealand Context
by Renuka WaliThis article aims to raise awareness amongst non-Indian therapists working with Indian people by highlighting some of the important aspects of Indian culture within the New Zealand context. Although there is a great deal of diversity amongst Indians, there are some fundamental issues that would have relevance for most Indians. Specific issues relating to immigrant families are discussed, such as the sacrifices made by families in the hope of providing a better future for their children and the difficulties encountered by new migrants. The cultural clash for young people caught between parental expectations and peer pressure can often lead to significant family conflict. Some of the common pitfalls for non-Indian therapists working with Indian people are outlined and suggestions made in relation to the process of therapy.
Transcultural Differentiation: A Model for Therapy with Ethno-culturally Diverse Families
by Khorshed KhistyNancy Caro Hollander 's book describes the psychological impact on people (women, men, children, families, couples and psychologists) who have been forced to live in the culture of fear imposed by terrorist states. It is told through the lives of ten politically progressive Argentinean, Chilean and Uruguayan psychoanalysts and psychologists who, along with millions of their compatriots, were victims of the brutal military dictatorships that ruled their countries between 1970 and 1985. They and their families survived persecution, prison, 'disappeared' (desaparecidos) sons, friends, colleagues, exile, return to their countries, struggles against violation of human rights, and therapeutic work in that time of hate.
Inspiration Across Cultures: Reflecting Teams among the M?tis in Canada
by Christina L?wenborgM?tis Community Services on Vancouver Island exists to serve the M?tis, one of Canada's three aboriginal peoples. I went there, hoping for an exchange of thoughts and ideas that I could apply to my work back home in Sweden. I was welcome to observe and participate in the work. I was asked to talk about something that I wanted to share with them. The result was a workshop about how to apply the reflecting team mode of working when counselling aboriginal families. The outcome of our exchange was a blend of the ethics and rules of behaviour among aboriginal people and the Scandinavian reflecting team mode of working.
Invitation to the Barbecue: Political Correctness, Social Criticism and Family Therapy
by Andrew Relph and Marta LohynAndrew Relph and Marta Lohyn were asked to read and comment on two recent works by Australian-born social commentators: Germaine Greer's The Whole Woman and Robert Hughes Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America. As they searched for what relevance these two books could have to family therapy practice, Andrew and Marta found themselves discussing political correctness, the fear about voicing an opinion that differs from the dominant one, attitudes to the personal and the political, and the state of male-female relationships in 2000.
Psychologists in Tortured States: A Review of Nancy Caro Hollander?s Love in a Time of Hate
by Olga RochkovskiNancy Caro Hollander 's book describes the psychological impact on people (women, men, children, families, couples and psychologists) who have been forced to live in the culture of fear imposed by terrorist states. It is told through the lives of ten politically progressive Argentinean, Chilean and Uruguayan psychoanalysts and psychologists who, along with millions of their compatriots, were victims of the brutal military dictatorships that ruled their countries between 1970 and 1985. They and their families survived persecution, prison, 'disappeared' (desaparecidos) sons, friends, colleagues, exile, return to their countries, struggles against violation of human rights, and therapeutic work in that time of hate.
Couple Therapy and Attachment: An Interview with Susan Johnson
by Michelle WebsterSusan M. Johnson is an international expert specialising in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT). She is the author of The Practice of Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy-Creating Connection (Brunner/Mazel, 1996) and the co-author of Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples: The Heart of the Matter. EFT is now one of the most empirically validated couples therapies and is accepted as such by the American Psychological Association. On sabbatical in 1999, she went to New Zealand and then visited Australia in April, conducting workshops in Sydney and Perth.<br />
