Papers by Harlene Anderson
Journal of Systemic Therapies, 2004
Journal of Systemic Therapies
Often the chasm between people from differing cultures, language, and views seems impossible to n... more Often the chasm between people from differing cultures, language, and views seems impossible to navigate, even with the best intentions. Whether you work in a boardroom, schoolroom, therapy room, or community organization, our book Collaborative-Dialogic Practice: Relationships and Conversations That Make a Difference Across Contexts and Cultures (Anderson & Gehart, 2023) offers a humanizing approach to facilitating dialogues that make a difference in our fast-changing, diverse, and ever-shrinking world.
Seit Beginn unserer familientherapeutischen Praxis an medizinischen Ausbildungsstatten, privaten ... more Seit Beginn unserer familientherapeutischen Praxis an medizinischen Ausbildungsstatten, privaten Instituten fur Familientherapie und offentlichen Sozialdiensten hatten wir es immer wieder mit schwierigen Klientengruppen zu tun, die nicht auf die allgemein gangigen Behandlungsverfahren ansprachen. Die Arbeit mit ihnen hat uns stets von neuem die Unzulanglichkeiten unserer theoretischen Beschreibungen und die Grenzen unserer fachlichen Fahigkeiten vor Augen gefuhrt. Sie hat unsere derzeitige in Entwicklung befindliche Theorie beeinflust und uns mehr und mehr von den gangigen Vorstellungen weggefuhrt, menschliche Systeme seien durch gesellschaftliche Organisation (Rolle und Struktur) bestimmt. Stattdessen ziehen wir es heute vor, uns menschliche Systeme als durch sprachliche und kommunikative Merkmale voneinander unterschieden zu denken. Die soziale Einheit, mit der wir in der Therapie arbeiten, ist fur uns daher ein sprachliches System. Es wird durch diejenigen gebildet, die sich mite...
Journal of Family Therapy, 2018
Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 1991
All therapists who have worked with cases in which substance abuse was defined by someone as a pr... more All therapists who have worked with cases in which substance abuse was defined by someone as a problem can produce an exhaustive list of the kinds of challenges and dilemmas that this work presents. This paper will present and discuss the challenges and dilemmas inherent in a question posed by a seminar organ/zed by counselors in a substance abuse project. The question "How can we strengthen and improve professional cooperation across agency boundaries in cases with parental substance abuse?" was addressed from the perspective of a collaboratjye lan~ua~e systems a.mzroach. The paper specifically highlights the value of talking about the problem of substance abuse from a "multiple realities" perspective versus thinking of substance abuse as an "entity" and the values of "professional cooperation and respect" versus "privileged positions and ideas".
Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 1986
This paper challenges the traditional views of social structure as a foundational theory underlyi... more This paper challenges the traditional views of social structure as a foundational theory underlying current psychotherapy practice and theory. The concept of meaning and language systems, problem-determined systems, is presented as an alternative.
Casebook for integrating family therapy: An ecosystemic approach., 2001
... Anderson, Harlene. McDaniel, Susan H. (Ed); Lusterman, Don-David (Ed); Philpot, Carol L. (Ed)... more ... Anderson, Harlene. McDaniel, Susan H. (Ed); Lusterman, Don-David (Ed); Philpot, Carol L. (Ed), (2001). ... doi: 10.1037/10395-009. Abstract. In this chapter I narrate my experience of 2 conversations that I had with Mindy and Charles and with Mindy, Charles, and their 4 children. ...
Von der Familientherapie zur systemischen Perspektive, 1988
In diesem Beitrag beschreiben wir unsere jungsten theoretischen Uberlegungen, unsere klinische Pr... more In diesem Beitrag beschreiben wir unsere jungsten theoretischen Uberlegungen, unsere klinische Praxis sowie den Weg, der uns zu unserer jetzigen Position gefuhrt hat. Es war ein merkwurdiges Abenteuer und es hat uns viele Wege gehen lassen. Wir sind auf unserer Reise durch viele ausgezeichnete Ideen angeregt und von zahlreichen innovativen Klinikern beeinflust worden. Auf diesen Wegen sind wir durch das Denken vieler Forscher, die auserhalb des Bereichs der Familientherapie arbeiten, fasziniert und geleitet worden: durch die chilenischen Biologen Maturana und Varela (1978, 1987), die Konstruktivsten v.Foerster (1981) und v. Glasersfeld (1986), Psychologen wie Kelly (1955) und Gergen (1982, 1985 a, 1985 b), Philosophen wie Rortry (1972, 1979) und Gadamer (1976), den Soziologen Braten (1987) und viele andere, die wir hier nicht alle aufzahlen konnen.
Relational Responsibility: Resources for Sustainable Dialogue
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 1987
Furthering Talk, 2004
In our experience a postmodern collaborative perspective allows for a multitude of possibilities ... more In our experience a postmodern collaborative perspective allows for a multitude of possibilities for therapists and clients. Because therapy is “locally” informed by its participants, each therapy is an unique endeavor that takes its shape along the way and maintains relevance for each person. Here we illustrate this uniqueness and relevance with a family’s story of their therapy with Paul—in-the-therapy-room and on-the-challenge-course as they told it in a reflective “interview conversation” with Harlene after the completion of therapy. We first highlight our therapy premises and describe a challenge course. We then illustrate with extensive excerpts from the conversation which provide a glimpse of the family’s explanation of how therapy was helpful and the flow of the conversation. The reflections, comments, and questions of Sue Levin, a conversational partner at the Houston Galveston Institute, are interspersed throughout the chapter. 1
Revista de Psicoterapia
A partir de nuestra práctica inicial con Terapia Familiar en escuelas médicas, institutos privado... more A partir de nuestra práctica inicial con Terapia Familiar en escuelas médicas, institutos privados de Terapia Familiar y agencias públicas, nuestro trabajo con poblaciones difíciles que no responden a las técnicas de tratamiento comunes, nos ha hecho reflexionar sobre la inadecuación de las descripciones teóricas y sobre las limitaciones de nuestra experiencia práctica. Asimismo, este trabajo ha influido sobre nuestra actual teoría clínica en desarrollo, haciendo que pasemos de una conceptualización de los sistemas humanos en términos de sistemas sociales definidos por la organización social (en forma de roles y estructuras) hacia una conceptualización de ellos en términos de sistemas diferenciados por distintivos lingüísticos y comunicativos. De esta manera, a nuestro parecer, la unidad social con la que trabajamos en terapia es un sistema lingüístico que se caracteriza por incluir a aquellos miembros que utilizan un lenguaje común para hablar sobre un problema determinado, y no po...
Nos ultimos anos, o tema dialogo tem ganho popularidade entre os profissionais das mais variadas ... more Nos ultimos anos, o tema dialogo tem ganho popularidade entre os profissionais das mais variadas disciplinas e tem sido tratado como um certo tipo de conversa que pode ser alcancada ao seguir-se determinadas formulas, ou passos, pre-estabelecidos. Esse breve artigo faz uma reflexao sobre o dialogo como uma atividade natural e espontânea, indicando um processo relacional - colaborativo. A partir dessa perspectiva, o dialogo requer uma mudanca na forma como pensamos sobre nos mesmos, sobre nossos colegas de trabalho, nosso mundo em geral e, mais importante, nossa maneira de ser e de nos transformar. O artigo sugere alguns pontos a considerar ao fazermos essa mudanca de paradigma, ou seja, do dialogo como tecnica ou metodo terapeutico para um processo mais natural e espontâneo entre seres humanos.
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