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2018 Context issues
155 | ContentsEditorial – Amanda Middleton and Alex Iantaffi – a dialogue Reflexions – Kris Black In his own words: A narrative analysis of the stories of trans men in gender transition – Claire Ely Multi-family support for adolescents with gender variance – Yang Yang Teh and Carolyn Bush The theatre of life: Collective narrative practice with young trans people – Dane Duncan Mills, Maria Castro Romero and Jesse Ashman Re-ordering gender: The challenge of responding to trans and non-binary young people in CAMHS – Damian McCann An invitation to explore: A brief overview of the Tavistock and Portman Gender Identity Development Service – Jason Maldonado-Page and Sarah Favier G’s lesson: A journey from ignorance to advocacy – Alison Yocom ‘What’s fabulous about being non-binary?’: Non-cisgenderist clinical responses to systemic trauma – Y. Gavriel Ansara The social construction of non-binary gender identity – Catherine Butler Being a non-binary therapist within a binary therapy system – Meg-John Barker What therapists need to know when working with intersex clients: A primer – Jane Czyzselska Beyond trans tolerance and trans inclusion: Contributing to transformative spaces in an all-genders youth, live-in, substance-misuse programme – Vikki Reynolds in dialogue with James Kelly Narratives of sexuality and intimacy in the partners of trans people – Jos Twist Trans sexualities in the therapy room – Amanda Middleton and H Howitt Book review: Gorell Barnes, G. (2018) Staying Attached: Fathers and Children in Troubled Times. London: Karnac – Reviewed by Alex Reed Obituary: Lynn Hoffman, 1924 – 2017 – Judy Davies Cutting the crap together: A report on a collaborative training event in Scotland – Kirsty Darwent, Alison Burgess and Naomi Nyamudoka “The unbalanced woman” – Annie gets feedback from an ‘expert by experience’ AFT news AFT Code of Ethics and Practice, January 2018 156 | ContentsEditorial – Philip Messent and Alastair Pearson Schools and mental-health practitioners: What parents, carers and young people want you to know – Denise McDermott and the Tower Hamlets CAMHS People Participation Group Systemic practice in schools: A teachers’ perspective – Lesley Swarbrick CosmoKidz: Teaching children response-abilities in their relationships – Kim Pearce and Marit Eikaas Developing the ‘Empowering Parents Empowering Communities’ programme in schools in Newham and Ealing – Caroline Penney Creating a secure base: Promoting learning and development through systemic consultations in education – David Levy and Chryssa Chalkidou Some principles and practices for getting started with consultation with school staff – Victoria Mattison and Glenda Fredman Negotiating the hierarchy in schools: Some ideas for CAMHS professionals – Chris Glenn Starting up a CAMHS outreach service in primary schools – Deborah Kemp Family therapy goes to school – Sharon Bond Narrative therapy: Working systemically with schools and their communities – Charmian Hobbs and Cate McQueen Team of life: Collective narrative practice in UK schools – Vicky Eames Branching out – running an LGBTQ group in school – Harriet O’Brien The Family School London – Brenda McHugh and Neil Dawson The evolution of a schools systemic-practitioner – Alastair Pearson Kathryn Abel and Rosalind Ramsay (eds.) (2017) The Female Mind: A User’s Guide. London: Royal College of Psychiatry Publications – Reviewed by Liz Burns Joining with Bangladesh at IFTA Malaga 2017 – Glenda Fredman, Sabiha Jahan, Philip Messent and Md. Zahir Uddin Aspens conference, Manchester, Saturday 20 February 2018 Wide-open spaces – reflections on the 2017 AFT conference in Dunblane – Karen Holford, Sarah Eldrid, Eoin Power, and a few lines from Jackie Kay Mindful reflections – Irene Cronin AFT news 157 | ContentsEditorial – Chip Chimera What we mean by parental alienation: Information for parents – Prepared by Chip Chimera Parental alienation – a systemic perspective – Brian O’Sullivan Developing coherent narratives for children of high-conflict parents – Emma Morris and Eia Asen Wishes and feelings – Chip Chimera Action oriented and experiential work in the context of high-conflict divorce – Justine van Lawick and Margreet Visser Has parental alienation any relevance for your practice? Myrna Gower and Anna Gupta Alienation: A view from the bridge – Nick Child The challenges of working with parental alienation – Frankie Zimmerman and Finella Hill Special interest group report – Judy Henry Cafcass Positive Parenting Programme: Reducing parental conflict – a new intervention – a briefing and some initial reflections – Charlotte Cooklin Annie looks for work – Jeannette Thompson Vetere, A. & Dowling, E. (eds.) (2017) Narrative Therapies with Children and Their Families: A Practitioner’s Guide to Concepts and Approaches (2nd edition). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Reviewed by Viv Gross Salvador Minuchin memorial conference
Grenfell Tower fire: Zikir – in awe and remembrance of you – Nasima Khanom Four presenters reflect on the AFT day-conference: Making a difference in Wales – family and systemic psychotherapy in practice. Cardiff University Conference Centre, February 15th 2018. Branching out – London AFT – Elizabeth Day The Association for Family Therapy Data Protection Policy AFT news
158 | ContentsEditorial – Ged Smith The birds discuss diversity – Gina Crowley Exploring power in therapeutic relationships – Manus Moynihan and Sherry Rehim Creativity in systemic supervision – Matt Selman, Margaret Dimmock, and Emily Barber How transparent are we really? A case study in minding the gap between family and team conversations – Von Kelso The sheepdog technique: Making appointments effective, efficient and maybe even ethical? – Nick Child The systemic psychotherapist’s guide to the galaxy (abridged): 5 strategies – Blake Griffin Edwards The personal politics of becoming a visibly tattooed psychologist: Participating in a chosen social grace of appearance – James Randall A personal dilemma – seeing the bigger picture using context lenses – Anonymous Learning emotional logic: A systemic lifelong-learning intervention for adaptability – Christiaan Stirling, Elizabeth Bunce and Trevor Griffiths 2nd Systemic Postgraduate Research Conference: Curiosity and Critical Practice Research – The 4th Bedfordshire International Systemic Spring School, Brathay Hall, Ambleside, The Lake District: “Making a ‘NewSense’ of practice and research” – Monica Whyte and Paula Kennedy Report of the Directors and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2017 for The Association for Family Therapy (a Company Limited by Guarantee) 43rd AGM agenda Minutes of the 42nd AGM of The Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice held on 14th September 2017 at The DoubleTree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro, FK15 0HG from 6pm to 7.15pm Report from the chair Treasurer’s report for the 2018 AGM reporting on the financial year ending 31 December 2017 Annual reports from the chairs of AFT committees AFT branch reports AFT news buy Read (AFT members only)159 | ContentsEditorial – Brian Cade Stepping stones across the river: Sharing ideas for couples with intellectual disabilities who have relationship difficulties – Kelly Cocallis, Jack, Vicky and Matt Selman A modern day fairy-tale: John and the ‘battling of jealousy’ – Michelle Newman Brown Familiar ideas for changing times: Our Cambridgeshire experience continued, using ‘approach, method, technique’ to address innovation and sustainability – Rachel Watson Commentary: ‘Approach method technique’ (AMT), 1992 – 2018, 30+ years – John Burnham Developing a position of safe uncertainty in stroke rehabilitation – Fiona Grant and Mair Thomas Embedding family-inclusive practice in a secondary adult mental health service: An expanded role for family therapists – Gail Bradbury and Steve Greenway Systemic consultation clinics in a community service for people with intellectual disabilities – Matt Selman and Mark Oliver The unruly path of healing after an affair – Blake Griffin Edwards Un-professional hug – Chiara Santin Goal-based outcomes in systemic therapy: Clever, but not SMART – Mark Hurst Cognitive connections: Creativity in the reflecting team experience – Linda Jorgensen-Taylor Just a minute! Visions for a therapy with hesitation, repetition and deviation – Sigurd Reimers Polly the dog – Lauren Grainger, Tracey Woodcock, Hilary Graham and Alex Walker Branching out: Cornwall and Plymouth branch (CAPAFT) – keeping a branch alive within such a vast geographical area AFT news 160 | ContentsEditorial – Barbara McKay and Yoko Totsuka Is it me, is it you or is it us? Using systemic theory to understand one professional dilemma – Jackie Miles and Barbara McKay One story of partnership working – Clare Corrigan and Barbara McKay Using systemic frameworks and language to explore and embed safeguarding practices within the GP role – Georgina E. Edwards and Barbara McKay Practice gains: Introducing ‘signs of safety’ alongside systemic theories – Tony Stanley Shame in families and shaming families – Matthew Gibson A richer system: A reflecting team in primary care – Sebastian Kraemer, Hilary Graham, Rob Senior, Sue Dickie, Irene Bard & Mark Chan Collaborating, connecting and shared learning – the need for a community approach to trauma – Nicola Turhan and Nick Barnes The power of relationships – systemic conversations in the community – Martin Pratt and Becca Dove Organising a social ecology to transform youth difficulties in schools and communities – Matthew D. Selekman An absolute beginner – Mariangels Ferrer-Duch UKCP registration Re-cording technology; twists turns and ethical dilemmas – Letter for Context from the ethics committee Association for Family Therapy (AFT) membership survey 2018 – Charity Tawodzera AFT news |