Learning from within
Therapists' actions in daily clinical practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21320017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabriela Silveira De Paula-Ravagnani (0000-0003-4320-8365, University of São Paulo ‐ Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of Ribeirão Preto São Paulo Brazil), Emeritus Rolf Sundet (University of South‐Eastern Norway Norway), Carla Guanaes-Lorenzi (0000-0001-6263-9078, Universidade de São Paulo), Carla Guanaes‐Lorenzi (University of São Paulo ‐ Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of Ribeirão Preto São Paulo Brazil) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-107 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family Process (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-7370 • E-ISSN: 1545-5300 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/famp.12840 |
| PMID | 36514936 |
| OpenAlex | W4311479434 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
The integration of theories and techniques is part of family therapists' daily practice, raising the need to understand which resources are used in this professional's clinical actions. Our aim is to reflect on the use of theoretical and technical resources by family therapists in their daily practice. We developed an inquiry process inspired by collaborative action research and social constructionism. Couple and family therapy sessions were conducted by two family therapists, and we developed subsequent dialogs with them focused on describing theoretical and technical inspirations for their actions. Next, we named four categories of actions in this process: exploratory actions, actions for the construction of relational visions, actions for the construction of communication, and actions for family orientation. The therapists‐participants referred to many theoretical and technical resources that inspired their practice. For them, the choice of using one or another resource was based on the demands of the interactive moment, which involves their relational and embodied responses to what was experienced in the sessions. We argue that epistemological coherence is not something that guides the therapist's practice a priori, but something that can be achieved by talking about and reflecting on their actions. This article can contribute to clinical practice and training in family therapy by presenting an interesting reflexive process that can be useful to enhance practice in couple and family therapy (FAPESP, Process n. 2015/21316–1)
Action (physics) · Embodied cognition · Family therapy · Perspective (graphical) · Process (computing) · Psychotherapist · Reflexivity · Resource (disambiguation) · Sociology · Vision · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |