Bringing Forth Generativities Within Relational Disquiet
An Interview With Karl Tomm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21320041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carla Guanaes-Lorenzi (0000-0001-6263-9078, University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil, corresponding author), Mónica Sesma‐Vazquez (University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada), Joaquín Gaete‐Silva (0000-0001-5980-9662, University of Calgary), Joaquín Gaete Silva (University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada), Inés Sametband (0000-0002-5426-7814, Mount Royal University Calgary Alberta Canada), Karl Tomm (0000-0003-3502-9076, University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e70030-e70030 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| 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.70030 |
| PMID | 40098561 |
| OpenAlex | W4408579741 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
From August 16th to 20th of 2023, the Calgary Family Therapy Centre (CFTC) 50th Anniversary and Conference: Bringing Forth Generativities Within Relational Disquiet was held in Calgary, Canada. The theme of the conference was relational disquiet, a notion introduced at the CFTC to raise awareness that something is experienced as amiss, uneasy, restless, or a sense of unfairness when something is experienced as not right during the therapeutic process. In preparation for the conference, we interviewed Dr. Karl Tomm, founder and senior advisor of the Calgary Family Therapy Centre and a professor of Psychiatry at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. In this article, we present Karl's interview, where he explains the notion of disquiet as a relational response to unwanted differences about hopes or desires emerging in our interactions with one another. Karl shares a clinical example of a possible transition from disquiet to generativity in a family therapy process. We offer some theoretical reflections on how Karl navigates disquieting interactions in family therapy conversations and discuss potential actions that family therapists can take to bring forth generativities from within relational disquiet
Family therapy · Generativity · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |