New Horizons in Systemic Practice with Children and Families / edited by Siv Merete Myra, Tone Grøver, Ulf Axberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Myra, Siv Merete 1964- editor.

Grøver, Tone, 1961- editor.

Axberg, Ulf, 1961- editor.

Series:

Palgrave Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2662-9135

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counseling.

Systemic therapy (Family therapy).

Psychotherapy.

Psychology--Methodology.

Psychology.

Counseling Psychology.

Systems or Family Therapy.

Psychological Methods.

Local Subjects:

Counseling Psychology.

Systems or Family Therapy.

Psychotherapy.

Psychological Methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : 1 black /white illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

Summary:

This open access book illustrates how systemic theory, as both a meta-theory and a relational organic theory, can be a suitable framework for understanding and appreciating the new horizons of systemic practice with children and families in their various contexts. The different chapters shed light on how systemic perspectives, as they are presented in their varying contexts, promote hope by giving room for reflections on uncertainty, change, opportunities, interconnections, and differences. The authors describe and reflect on how systemic approaches can be useful for practitioners and make space for a multiplicity of different perspectives that address the needs of children and those assisting them in their various settings, where children grow and develop in the context of their unique needs and challenges. It covers safeguarding children’s rights through parental separation and divorce; families experiencing anticipatory grief; parents struggling with substance use problems; gender incongruence; eating disorders; systemic perspectives on psychiatric diagnosis; children with disabilities; and systemic practice in school. The book will be a source of inspiration, as the purpose is to illustrate the systemic field in constant motion, which encourages, maybe even requires a plurality of theories, perspectives and approaches. But, most importantly, it demonstrates how working with children and families is a privilege. Siv Merete Myra is an experienced systemic therapist and Associate Professor in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at VID Specialized University, Norway. Tone Grøver is an experienced systemic therapist and Associate Professor in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at VID Specialized University, Norway. Ulf Axberg is an experienced systemic therapist and Professor in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at the VID Specialized University, Norway.

Contents:

1. Editors Introduction

2. Systemic Approaches to Safeguarding Children’s Rights through Parental Separation and Divorce: Opening Spaces for Childhood to Continue

3. Gender Incongruence: Youth with a Special Talent For Gender: Supporting Youth And Families

4. Relational Interventions in Complex Situations: Sessions with Substance Using Parents

5. Families Living with Anticipatory Grief: How can we Both Understand and Explain?

6. Tailoring Treatment in the Context of a Manual: A New Horizon for Family Therapy with Families with a Young Person Suffering from an Eating Disorder

7. Systemic Perspectives and Psychiatric Diagnosis: Mutually Exclusive or Mutually Inclusive?

8. “The Challenges Will Remain”: Systemic Work with Families of Children Needing Extra Care

9. A Systemic Approach to School-Based Consultation: Combining Interventions that Belong to Different Theoretical Traditions

10. The Community Relations Model (Core):An Integrated Systems Response to Early Mental Health Support for Children and Families in Communities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (at the end of each chapter) and index

ISBN:

9783031381119

3031381114