Systems Centered Therapy For Groups

Author : Yvonne M. Agazarian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429905513
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups written by Yvonne M. Agazarian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) is an innovative approach to psychotherapy that synthesizes a finely-tuned awareness of the defensive roles of anxiety and depression, with an analysis of the phases of group development. This volume introduces the author's theory of living human systems and explicitly maps out its use in a structured treatment model applicable to work with any population. In rich conceptual detail, the volume presents SCT as a powerful modality that enables clients to safely "sit on the edge of the unknown" and transform their ways of relating to themselves and each other. It will be received with interest by all practitioners and trainees in group and individual psychotherapy.

Author : Yvonne M. Agazarian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000291103
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systems-Centered Training written by Yvonne M. Agazarian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated book shows how "thinking" systems offer new ways of seeing people which can help us see and do things differently. The authors describe how a theory of living human systems was developed and even recently revised. This major revision led to a theory of the person-as-a-system and its role-systems map that helps us see which system in us and in others is running the show. The authors illustrate how life force energy fuels the hierarchy of living human systems and how theory and practice with role-systems can be useful in everyday life. They begin with describing how they have used the new illustrations as a map to locate the contexts of our roles. Using this map has also enabled the authors to identify the role-systems and explore the territory of ourselves and our groups in new ways that deepened our understanding of roles and role locks. This book illustrates systems-centered therapy and training (SCT) theory by offering a practical theory to guide group psychotherapists, leaders and consultants in working with group dynamics.

Author : Yvonne M. Agazarian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429905505
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systems-Centered Therapy written by Yvonne M. Agazarian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems-centered therapy (SCT) brings an innovative approach to clinical practice. Developed by the author, SCT introduces a theory and set of methods that put systems ideas into practice. The collection of articles in this book illustrates the array of clinical applications in which SCT is now used. Each chapter introduces particular applications of SCT theory or methods with specific examples from practice that help the theory and methods come alive for the reader across a variety of clinical contexts. This book will be especially useful for therapists and clinical practitioners interested in sampling SCT, for those who learn best with clinical examples, and for anyone with a serious interest in learning the systems-centered approach.

Author : Yvonne M Agazarian
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1846421659
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autobiography of a Theory written by Yvonne M Agazarian and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems-centred practice and its theory are one of the most important developments in group psychology in the last forty years. In this book Yvonne Agazarian traces the evolution of her ideas and their application to create a meta-theory, the theory of living human systems. Autobiography of a Theory follows Agazarian as she thinks her way through different stages, creating a theoretical background for SAVI (System for Analyzing Verbal Interaction), which she developed with Anita Simon, developing a theory of the Invisible Group for the book she wrote with Richard Peters and expanding on existing group dynamics theories. With members of the General Systems Committee of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, she joined the challenge of formulating a systems theory for group and arrived at her theory of living human systems from which she derived the methods and techniques of systems-centred therapy for groups and individuals. This fascinating account of her professional life not only documents major developments in group analysis, but also shows how a theory is formulated from intellectual and personal contexts, and how a theory-based practice is generated.

Author : Yvonne Agazarian
Publisher : Karnac Books
ISBN 13 : 9781855753358
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups written by Yvonne Agazarian and published by Karnac Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) synthesizes an awareness of the defensive role of anxiety, and depression - with an analysis of the phases of group development. This volume introduces the theory of living human systems and maps out its operationalization in a structured treatment model. This book will be of interest to both practitioners and trainees in group and individual psychotherapy.

Author : Yvonne M Agazarian
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 184642223X
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Systems-Centered Approach to Inpatient Group Psychotherapy written by Yvonne M Agazarian and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems-centered therapy is theory driven, therefore every intervention is in fact an hypothesis that tests both the validity of the theory and the reliability of its practice as it applies to short and long-term therapy with individuals, families, couples and groups. This book is built around the transcript of an inpatient therapy session, giving the reader the opportunity to follow verbatim how systems-centered therapy actually works. The script tracks the initial techniques that introduce systems-centered norms to a group. These include encouraging patients to explore their experience instead of explaining it, and to join together in subgroups around the common human resistances that interfere with being able to do therapeutic work. Wherever appropriate, the author annotates the script with the rational behind a particular method. Other chapters give an overview of the systems-centered ideas, their formulation as a theory of living human systems, and the systems-centered methods of boundarying, vectoring, contextualizing and functional subgrouping that put the theory into practice. Agazarian's book is an important text for all those who are interested in applying systems thinking to therapy, and, with its many practical examples, particularly useful to those who are interested in using systems-centered techniques.

Author : Yvonne M. Agazarian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429922728
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Visible and Invisible Group written by Yvonne M. Agazarian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the psychodynamics of groups has derived from the two separate strands of theory and practice, resulting in two separate disciplines: group psychotherapy and group dynamics. Present-day group psychotherapy derives mainly from psychoanalytic theory and Bion's early experiences with wartime groups, and has been developed from the work of clinicians who practice group psychotherapy as a form of treatment. Group dynamics theory and practice, on the other hand, have arisen largely from the work of social scientists like Kurt Lewin, have been researched in the field and in the laboratory, and have been applied to groups as arenas for leadership training and behavioral change. The Visible and Invisible Group synthesizes these psychoanalytic and group approaches to group life and offers practical guidelines to the group psychotherapist. The authors advocate the simultaneous use of two perspectives: the psychoanalytic perspective for observing the "visible" group of people and their interactions, and a General Systems "Field Theory" perspective for observing the "invisible" group-as-a-whole.

Author : Melissa S. Wattenberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000398331
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Present-Centered Group Therapy for PTSD written by Melissa S. Wattenberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present-Centered Group Therapy for PTSD integrates theory, research, and practical perspectives on the manifestations of trauma, to provide an accessible, evidence-informed group treatment that validates survivors’ experiences while restoring present-day focus. An alternative to exposure-based therapies, present-centered group therapy provides practitioners with a highly implementable modality through which survivors of trauma can begin to reclaim and invest in their ongoing lives. Chapters describe the treatment’s background, utility, relevant research, implementation, applications, and implications. Special attention is given to the intersection of group treatment and PTSD symptoms, including the advantages and challenges of group treatment for traumatized populations, and the importance of member-driven processes and solutions in trauma recovery. Compatible with a broad range of theoretical orientations, this book offers clinicians, supervisors, mentors, and students a way to expand their clinical repertoire for effectively and flexibly addressing the impact of psychological trauma.

Author : Yvonne M. Agazarian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429905491
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systems-Centered Practice written by Yvonne M. Agazarian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems-Centered Practice presents a series of papers that trace the development of the theory of living human systems between 1987 and 2002. As the theory develops, so do the methods and techniques that put it into practice. The book also describes in detail the connection between the hierarchy of defence modification and the specific phases of system development that determine readiness for change. The papers in this volume contribute to our knowledge of the permeability of the boundaries between clinical and social psychology through the investigation of living human systems, and of systems-centered group and individual therapy. The author's considerable body of work constitutes a blend of creativity and learning of the highest order.

Author : Yvonne M. Agazarian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429919751
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systems-Centred Theory and Practice written by Yvonne M. Agazarian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems-centered therapy (SCT) brings an innovative approach to clinical practice. Developed by the author, SCT introduces a theory and set of methods that put systems ideas into practice. The collection of articles in this book illustrates the array of clinical applications in which SCT is now used. Each chapter introduces particular applications of SCT theory or methods with specific examples from practice that help the theory and methods come alive for the reader across a variety of clinical contexts. This book will be especially useful for therapists and clinical practitioners interested in sampling SCT, for those who learn best with clinical examples, and for anyone with a serious interest in learning the systems-centered approach.