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Intro
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
1: Editors' Introduction
Reference
2: The Therapeutic Relationship: A Systemic View of Agape
How We Came to Write This Chapter
The Conceptual Belonging of Agape
'Therapeutic Love' Within the Psychoanalytic Tradition
Reflections on Agape Within the Systemic Tradition
Power and Difference
Therapy as an Attachment Process
The Meeting of Minds
Supervision and Therapist Self-Care
Conclusion
References
3: Trust, Movement and Collaboration: An Exploration of Trust, Its Significance and Its Forms of Expression in Therapy Sessions
Dear Reader
This Chapter's Invitation to You
"Show, Don't Tell" and the Refinement of Knowledge About Oneself
Moving the Perspective
Suicide: Caring
What Creates Trust When Different Considerations Are in Opposition?
Final Remarks
References
4: Questioning Forgiveness
Prelude (Anne)
Introduction
II
III (Br̄d)
IV
V (Anne)
VI (Br̄d)
VII
VIII (Anne)
IX
CODA
References
5: Longing, and Longing for Oneself: What Can Therapists Learn from "Soul Activism"?
Introduction
The So-Called Self
Turning the Gaze Away from Oneself
A Departure from Nature?
Healing Through Surrendering
Therapy: A Healing Process for the Therapist?
Love as a Transaction or as a Universal Dimension? Soul Activism
Are We All Therapists?
References
6: Giving Resonance and Room to Spirituality in Systemic Practice
Introduction
Our Journeys
The Spiritual Human
Religious Life
Humanistic Spirituality
Voices of Spirituality from Youths
Longing for Belonging
The Mystery of Life
Spirituality and Systemic Practice
To Be Met in Love
How to Be Familiar with the Unfamiliar?
Making Room for Wondering and Reflections
Embrace the Complexity
The Therapist's Spiritual Path
Time for Contemplation
Closing Reflections
References
7: The Gift of Literary Fiction to Systemic Training and Practice
My First Reading Experiences
Longing for Home
What Does It Mean to Live Separately and Together?
Literary Fiction: A Tuning Fork for Sensitivity
The Journal, the Novel and Their Different Voices
Bringing Literature Groups into the Study of Family Therapy
Report from One of the Literature Groups
References
8: Till Life Do Us Apart: An Exploration of Crumbs on the Floor and Existential Themes in Couples Therapy
Introduction
Our Own Life Experiences
Cultural Context and Background
The Couple
How to Explore Existential Themes
Theoretical Introduction
Relating to Melody and Margot
Exploring with Melody and Margot: Step by Step
Step 1: Creating a Community of Wonder and Finding an Existential Theme
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
1: Editors' Introduction
Reference
2: The Therapeutic Relationship: A Systemic View of Agape
How We Came to Write This Chapter
The Conceptual Belonging of Agape
'Therapeutic Love' Within the Psychoanalytic Tradition
Reflections on Agape Within the Systemic Tradition
Power and Difference
Therapy as an Attachment Process
The Meeting of Minds
Supervision and Therapist Self-Care
Conclusion
References
3: Trust, Movement and Collaboration: An Exploration of Trust, Its Significance and Its Forms of Expression in Therapy Sessions
Dear Reader
This Chapter's Invitation to You
"Show, Don't Tell" and the Refinement of Knowledge About Oneself
Moving the Perspective
Suicide: Caring
What Creates Trust When Different Considerations Are in Opposition?
Final Remarks
References
4: Questioning Forgiveness
Prelude (Anne)
Introduction
II
III (Br̄d)
IV
V (Anne)
VI (Br̄d)
VII
VIII (Anne)
IX
CODA
References
5: Longing, and Longing for Oneself: What Can Therapists Learn from "Soul Activism"?
Introduction
The So-Called Self
Turning the Gaze Away from Oneself
A Departure from Nature?
Healing Through Surrendering
Therapy: A Healing Process for the Therapist?
Love as a Transaction or as a Universal Dimension? Soul Activism
Are We All Therapists?
References
6: Giving Resonance and Room to Spirituality in Systemic Practice
Introduction
Our Journeys
The Spiritual Human
Religious Life
Humanistic Spirituality
Voices of Spirituality from Youths
Longing for Belonging
The Mystery of Life
Spirituality and Systemic Practice
To Be Met in Love
How to Be Familiar with the Unfamiliar?
Making Room for Wondering and Reflections
Embrace the Complexity
The Therapist's Spiritual Path
Time for Contemplation
Closing Reflections
References
7: The Gift of Literary Fiction to Systemic Training and Practice
My First Reading Experiences
Longing for Home
What Does It Mean to Live Separately and Together?
Literary Fiction: A Tuning Fork for Sensitivity
The Journal, the Novel and Their Different Voices
Bringing Literature Groups into the Study of Family Therapy
Report from One of the Literature Groups
References
8: Till Life Do Us Apart: An Exploration of Crumbs on the Floor and Existential Themes in Couples Therapy
Introduction
Our Own Life Experiences
Cultural Context and Background
The Couple
How to Explore Existential Themes
Theoretical Introduction
Relating to Melody and Margot
Exploring with Melody and Margot: Step by Step
Step 1: Creating a Community of Wonder and Finding an Existential Theme