| Context 2013 |
2013 Context issues125 | ContentsEditorial: Effects of acquired brain injury on the child, the family and the wider system – Sarah Helps Systemic thinking and neuropsychological assessment following childhood stroke related to sickle-cell disease – Ruth Erskine Adapted narrative therapy for children with severe traumatic brain injury – Alison Perkins Why a child’s brain injury is a family affair – Sarah Helps “Think family”: A staff consultation service set up within a rehabilitation centre for children with an acquired brain injury – Rachel Ames & Cath Jones Rewriting the story of childhood brain injury: How systemic and narrative approaches help – Katie Byard & Sophie Gosling ‘Seeing is believing’ – Sara Pearlman, Fiona Seth-Smith, Madelon Treneman & Carry Gorney Manoeuvring in multiplicity: Widening the context through developing a systemic family therapy service embedded within an adult community-mental-health service – Stella Collis, Jo Hadfield & Emma Hartley AFT Annual Conference 2012 The national conference as a tribal event – Sigurd Reimers AFT National Conference workshop reports Research update: A family therapy hope for NICE – Peter Stratton What to look out for in the Journal of Family Therapy in 2013 – Mark Rivett Theresa Hendra, 1956 – 2012: “A much respected and well loved member of our Association” – Sue Jones, chair, AFT AFT CYP-IAPT conference, Birmingham, 6 December 2012 – Cameron Anderson CYP-IAPT family therapy – David C. Low Improving Access to Psychological Therapies for Children and Young People (CYP-IAPT) – AFT position statement – Update by Sue Jones and Judith Lask Aspens noticeboard – Nick Child AFT news
126 | ContentsEditorial – a passion for action – Chip Chimera “I’ll be the coat hook and you be the mother” – improvisation, action and drama in systemic practice: Approach, method and technique – John Burnham and Kerri Newns Internalised-other interviewing, inclusion and the avowal of psychological reality: An anti-disablement action method – Mark Haydon-Laurelut Performative understandings in family therapy: From hypothesising to sensing similarities – John Shotter (in collaboration with Jim Wilson) “I did not realise that a young tree could have wounds” – Jocelyn Avigad, Lourdes Berdasco, Anne Elton, Jane Fisher, Bitenge Makuka & Zohreh Rahimi Our use of action techniques in att achment narrative therapy – Arlene Vetere and Rudi Dallos Sand, see and sound: Action-based techniques – Patrick Belas and Mags Josephs Getting our mojo workin’ – the magic of action-methods therapy through a neuroscience looking glass – Chip Chimera Using reflecting role-plays in reflecting teams – Pete Brown Family sculpting – Brian Cade Rediscovering spontaneity – Martin Gill and Hannah Sherbersky A hidden history of action in family therapy – Chip Chimera Delivering an autism spectrum disorder post-diagnosis workshop in Urdu – Emma Hartwell, Zaibunnisha Patel, Sukhjinder Dheraj and Jonathan Espie Dowling, D. & Elliott , D. (2012) Understanding Children’s Needs When Parents Separate. Milton Keynes: Speechmark Publishing. Reviewed by Myrna Gower Research update: An academic and research lucky dip – Peter Stratton Letter to the editor: Where are we now? – Pieter W Nel Systemic thinking and Shakespeare’s tragedies. Presenter: Gwyn Daniel. Reviewed by Sue Fyvel AFT news Guidance notes and frequently asked questions for those seeking UKCP registration – AFT registration committee 127 | ContentsEditorial – Stuart Delve When the political became personal – Jessica Betts Retirement blues without the blues? John Hills Systemic family kayaking on the tidal Thames – Jonty Perchard Adoptive families: Unintended consequences and restricted choices – Chris Burroughes Systemic therapy and adult mental health – a perspective on therapy and service delivery – Colm O’Keefe Non-diagnostic practice – Sami Timimi From hostile to host-ing: My journey into the evidence-based meme – Stephen Callaghan The ground beneath my feet … – Joady Brennan Embodiment conference – Mary Spence Reflections on being a learning disability child-and-adolescent-mental-health family therapy team: The first three years – Miranda Wrigley and Bob Budd Connie, E. (2013) Solution Building in Couples Therapy. New York: Springer Publishing. Reviewed by Kate Daniels. Hills, J. (2013) Introduction to Systemic and Family Therapy: A User’s Guide. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Four reviews. Introducing emotionally-focused therapy in Scotland: Gail Palmer – Conference report by Nick Child Research update: Doctor, I keep getting fantasies of doing
research – Peter Stratton with contributions from Liz Forbat, Jan Parker, Gill Goodwillie, Lynne McCandless, Dawn Luff and Sara Meddings
128 | ContentsEditorial – Brian Cade Part 1: Visiting Gogos in South Africa – Sue McNab and Bebe Speed Part 2: Reflection – Sue McNab and Bebe Speed Couples therapy: Emotionally-focused and mindfulness-based – Marcus Averbeck How might a systemic psychotherapy be evaluated? – Sim Roy-Chowdhury Exploring gang violence in young women’s lives: The ‘context and discourse map’ – Inés Valero Rivas From “passengers to navigators”: Shared journey in creative work with a family in crisis – Lumi Henshaw and Prabashny Pillay Bereavement support for vulnerable children and families – Louise Walker The Aspens goes DAFT conference A changing world of accountabilities: News from the ethics committee of an important new context for AFT members Rules of conduct for members: Policy document Procedures for managing breaches of the rules of conduct for members: Policy document Research update: Academic and research development stocktaking – Peter Stratton AFT news Why register as a systemic supervisor? – Judith Lask AGM reports Financial reports 129 | ContentsEditorial – Ged Smith The social construction of familial masculinities: Creating a context for change through an exploration of masculinities – Matthew Adam Reflections on ‘Masculinities’ ten years on – Liz Burns Working with men who have experienced childhood family violence – Penny Priest The disempowerment of men: The elephant in the consulting room – Jeremy Young Is masculinity still in crisis in 2013? Michael Day Narr-anthropology – Sarah Walther Working with men in systemic therapy: Challenging masculinities – Ged Smith Masculinities today – John Rowan How to make a man – Moritz, Maurice and me – David Pocock Research update: Goodbye – Peter Stratton Aspens noticeboard – Susan Mary Benbow AFT news Diversity and monitoring – Victoria Sharman 130 | ContentsEditorial: Don’t mention the war – personal experiences beneath the gaze of the system – John Hills “My leaving speech – 4th July 2013” – Stuart Delve No way to run a railroad: Dirty tricks and dodgy deals in tendering for addictions services. How the ideal of ‘partnership’ is undermined by the ideology of competition – Trevor McCarthy The Tour de NICE and the art of deception – Penny Priest Returning the gaze: Complaining about the NHS – Tony Hamlin The pyramid: An unsuitable shape for treatment agencies (a brief polemic) – Brian Cade Examining ‘the gaze’ and its story – John Hills Returning the response: Some snapshot gazes from ‘managing Mr Angry’ – David Steare Beneath the ‘medical gaze’: Burden or burdened? Tanisha Curthan Losing the gaze: An unnecessary tragedy? Maria Nichterlein Returning the gaze – a family observed: Preparing to see and be seen – Claire Ramsay Immortality – Chris Burroughes An ethics problem Diversity and remembering Letter to the editor AFT news |
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