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2015 Context issues
137 | ContentsEditorial – Nick Pendry Stronger families, safer children – Alison Noble and Paula Newsome Developing social work using systemic ideas – managing risk differently – Sam Howlett “Have you got a minute?” – recognising the pressures of time in a safeguarding context – Karen Schiltroth Can you be ‘systemic’ in a social work crisis? Liz Bosanquet Safety, production and back again: A recursive relationship between social work and systemic practice – Sarah Favier Systemic positioning within social care: Making the most of Munro – Mark Chidgey and Helen Mahaffey Systemic landscapes for thinking and acting in inter-agency meetings – Barbara McKay When social workers do the right thing: A whole cloud of philosophy condensed into a drop of grammar – Richard McKenny Uncovering the invisible wounds of socio-cultural trauma in working with oppressed children and families – Kenneth Hardy Simon, G. & Chard, A. (eds.) (2014) Systemic Inquiry; Innovations in reflexive Practice Research. London: Everything is Connected Press. Reviewed by Ged Smith AFT Annual Conference 2014: Irrevence – (Dis)respect, freedoms, loyalty, ethics & survival. In association with Merseyside AFT. The Family Institute honours Philippa Seligman; founding member of AFT AFT news
138 | ContentsEditorial – Kevin Hawkes, Val Jackson and Alex Reed Open dialogues with clients with mental health problems and their families – Jaakko Seikkula Open dialogue – a family perspective – Jen Kilyon On being dialogical: An ethics of ‘attunement’ – John Shotter An illuminated bridge to open dialogue in the fog of life – Ray Middleton Getting on with it: The Early Network Response trial in Leeds – Val Jackson Open dialogue in Somerset? Frank Burbach, Chris Sheldrake and Estelle Rapsey Becoming dialogical in Nottingham – Corrine Hendy, Diane Wright, Linda Sunderland and James Shutt Braiding hopes and intentions with people affected by intellectual disabilities and their networks of family and carers – Glenda Fredman and Henrik Lynggaard Early contact family meetings in psychiatric services – Kevin Hawkes and Alex Reed Peer-supported open dialogue – Mark Hopfenbeck Getting ‘withness’– thinking through theatrical improvisation – Matt Selman What constitutes an open-dialogue training? Education, education, education – Nick Putman Breakthrough moments: Open dialogue in the Ridiculusmus play, “The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland” – David Woods Combining the use of open dialogue with narrative therapy – Hugh Fox Widening the dialogue: Psychoanalysis and open dialogue – Brian Martindale Mindfulness and open dialogue: A common foundation and a common practice – Russell Razzaque Montagu, R. (2014) A Humour of Love: A Memoir. London: Quartet Books – Reviewed by Alasdair Macdonald Imelda McCarthy, Friends of KCC workshop: A day of retreat in the fifth province, 7 November 2014 – Mary Spence Conference report: Parental alienation, October 2014, London – Nick Child and David Secrett Memories of Luigi Boscolo (1932-2015) – Paolo Bertrando and Brian Cade Interactions – news and updates from AFT project 4 – Karen Holford Reflections on Clare Margaret Hawks, 1957-2014 AFT news 139 | ContentsEditorial – Yoko Totsuka Working as an expert witness within the family courts – the performance of giving evidence – Sarah Helps So what about the children? Offender deportation and systemic social-work expertise – Alastair Pearson Well-judged interventions? Sue Hickman Under pressure: A child psychotherapist’s perspective on parenting assessments – Beverley Tydeman A six-step invariant consultation model: Helping family workers have new ideas for going forward – Percy Aggett Live supervision and the ‘team without the screen’: A home-based approach to training social workers in systemic practice – Jenny Summer ‘There is no room in CAMHS for providing intervention without an evidence base’: The case against – Bernadette Wren One step at a time: Talking about strength-based approaches – Yoko Totsuka The AFT project diaries:
Honorary doctorate for Peter Lang – Sharn Tomlinson and Miriam Richardson AFT news 140 | ContentsEditorial – Brian Cade Family therapy, the third wave and the day-to-day work of an outreach worker – Stefania Angela Parks Reflections on the introduction of a loving-kindness orientation in an NHS CAMHS family therapy clinic – Jane Wilson The declaration of interdependence: Remaking supervision – Paul Hackett A leopard changing its spots, an old dog learning new tricks: Advanced brief-strategic therapy with a septuagenarian – Don Boardman A window of hope: Capturing the ethos of a third sector well-being group from the perspective of a group facilitator – Julia Evans Speaking as a listener: The dialogical word – Tanisha Curthan Therapeutic space and the creation of meaning – Blanche Douglas ‘Culture’ in child mental health assessment – Begum Maitra and Muffazal Rawala Course feedback in family therapy training as a transformative dialogue: Creating a context for reflexive learning – Gail Bradbury AFT 40th Anniversary Conference, 16 – 17 April 2015, Durham: Daring to be Different – a time to remember, looking back to the future Minutes of the 39th AGM of The Association For Family Therapy and Systemic Practice held on 18 September 2014 at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool Report of the Directors and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2014 for The Association for Family Therapy Ltd (a Company Limited by Guarantee) 2015 annual reports AFT news 141 | ContentsEditorial – Pat Gray Culturally grounded therapy in the Palestinian context: Lessons learned by an African American therapist – Makungu Akinyela Inspiration – Alison Herbert The Noahgram – part 2 – Noah Solarin Can the over-intellectualisation of racism within the context of the GRRAACCEESS be its downfall and that of the therapeutic community as a whole? – Calvin Malcolm Placing black children with white carers: Does it matter? – Brenda O’Loughlin Journeying self: Back to the future. Dedicated to my father, Md. Mosaddar Khan – Nasima Khanom Reflection on self-identity and working with difference – Charity Tawodzera Making visible the invisible – Parveen Kaur Systemic film evenings – Noah Solarin, Lucy Cavanagh, Annette Barrett, Nasima Khanom and Liz Day Whose family name? – Yvonne Ayo A dolly like me – Kenyah Nyameche Aspens noticeboard AFT news AFT Code of Ethics and Practice 142 | ContentsEditorial – Ged Smith The art of neglecting children: Passing the responsibility back – Brian Cade Avoiding a complaint – is it good enough? Do we need a practical and useable framework for positive ethics? – Chris Burroughes Using systemically-informed consultation in a residential older- adult care home to understand repeat referrals made to a community mental health team – Tim Clarke, Tal Moore, Dave Bennett, Julia Weatherley and Constantina Markides PDQ-4, a diagnostic tool used in the individual systemic therapy of a patient with panic disorder: A case study – Dimitra Siousioura Panic attacks: Some stories – Brian Cade A multi-family workshop with donor-conceived teenagers and parents – Roni Pea, Lorna Brunstein and Nessa O’Mahony Clinical psychology, power and position: A reflection at resignation – Chrissie Blackburn “What are your best hopes?” Some developments in solution-focused brief therapy – Chris Iveson Generations – a short story – Ged Smith Simulating families: Building confidence and skills in working with families and networks – Christopher Kowalski, Isabelle Ekdawi, Claire Parry and Sabrina Phillips Through the haziness of what is systemic: A critical self-reflexive question – Chiara Santin Delivering the tree of life group as a pre-therapy intervention for clients from black and minority ethnic backgrounds experiencing first-episode psychosis – Chanelle Myrie and Louisa Codjoe Branch reports: Annual reports from AFT branches Mandy … a conversation – Christine Stupples and Ros Jackson Life Appreciation for Brendan Flynn: 1958 – 2015 – John Hills 1st Systemic Postgraduate Research Conference – Karen Carberry and Maureen Taylor Overcoming problems – creating possibilities through…wrestling with restraints and embracing resources in therapy and supervision – Report by Beryl Sanderson on workshop by John Burnham AFT news |
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