336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) is an innovative approach to psychotherapy that synthesizes a finely-tuned awareness of the defensive roles of anxiety and depression, with an analysis of the phases of group development. This volume introduces the author's theory of living human systems and explicitly maps out its use in a structured treatment model applicable to work with any population. In rich... Read more
Introduction: Autobiography of a Theory -- A Theory of Living Human Systems -- An Overview of the Theory and Its Practice -- Subgrouping -- Boundarying -- Defense Modification in the Phases of Group Development -- Systems-Centered Practice -- The Authority Issue -- Social Defenses -- Cognitive Defenses -- Psychosomatic Defenses -- Masochistic Defenses -- Sadistic Defenses -- Role Relationship Defenses -- Resistance-to-Change Defenses -- The Intimacy Issue -- Defenses against Separation and Individuation -- Life and Interdependency -- Defenses and the Experienced SCT Group
Biography
M. Agazarian, Yvonne
