Collaborative/Language Systems

Question 1

Influences of Post-Modern Era (4)

Answer 1

1. Knowledge depends on context
2. Questioning is part of the intervention (how Milan approach brought Post-Modernism into therapy)
3. All knowledge is local - shared meaning in community
4. Platform for collaboration - share expertise

Question 2

Theory (3)

Answer 2

1. Forerunner of Narrative Therapy
2. Therapy as collaborative process
3. Listening rather than doing

Question 3

How Symptoms Develop? (5)

Answer 3

1. Symptoms created through language
2. Not fixed entities
3. Stories people agreed to tell themselves
4. Social way stories explain one’s life
5. Symptoms create the system - like Milan (dysfunctional stories guide the family)

Question 4

Goals of Therapy (2)

Answer 4

1. Dissolve problems in conversation by co-creating stories that open up new possibilities
2. Established by client

Question 5

Therapy Set-up (1)

Answer 5

• Role of Therapist: as learner and in language with client’s story; therapist is taught by client, empowering for client

Question 6

Therapy Process (3)

Answer 6

1. Careful dialogue about problem
2. Therapist begins without any ideas (no hypothesis)
3. Therapy is reconstructive (free client from self-account; adopt new stories)

Question 7

Interventions (1)

Answer 7

1. Use of team behind mirror (family picks team member to play a role in family; therapist provides feedback to family trying to inject new ideas/possibilities for family)