Series: The Systemic Thinking and Practice Series

The therapeutic relationship is increasingly becoming a central topic in systemic psychotherapy and cross-cultural thinking. Here, experienced systemic psychotherapists offer their reflections and thoughts on the issues of race, culture, and ethnicity in the therapeutic relationship. The aim is to develop this area of systemic practice, to place culture squarely at the centre of all systemic psychotherapy practice as a...

Starting with the MacPherson Report and its pronouncements on racism in Britain, and in particular 'institutionalised racism', Dr Krause focuses in this important book on the practice of family therapy. She draws on her expertise as both anthropologist and systemic family psychotherapist to formulate a cogent critical evaluation of the field. At the heart of her book, furnished with very...

This book contributes to the debate on child sexual abuse and illuminates the trainer practitioner in the process. It shows that human services training is not built solely on scientific theory but rather on the ideology and values of the sponsoring organisation, the participants, and the trainer. Systemic Approaches to Training in Child Protection provides valuable insights into the complexities...

Family life! We tackle it head-on with great enthusiasm and lots of hopes and dreams that our family will be filled with love, closeness, well-being and development. However, for many of us, family life, parenthood, and our children develop in ways that we never anticipated and were looking forward to. Instead of creating a secure, confident, and vibrant family, all...

Trauma-Organized Systems explores the experiences of individuals who have been abused or have abused others. It also examines how an abusive experience can influence and organize a family or professional system, making change challenging. Arnon Bentovim, a leading figure in the child abuse field for many years, shares how his thinking has evolved to incorporate ideas from the feminist movement...