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Curating therapeutic practice: Therapeutic artistry in the act of supervision
No full textIn this paper, we explored and defined the characteristics of systemic supervision to consider how this is different from other therapeutic disciplines and to critique and develop an understanding of my emerging identity as supervisors. The use of language and the constructs formed that disadvantage the supervisor/supervisee relationship will be considered. In reviewing the linguistics used, we will utilise ideas from the world of art to reposition ourselves to the role of supervisor
A Black therapist sees herself: Exploring sameness and difference in the dramatherapy room
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Psychosocial explorations of trauma, exclusion and violence: Un-housed minds and inhospitable environments
No full textThe central theme of this book is the operation of intersecting discourses of power, privilege and positioning as they are revealed in fraught encounters between in-groups and out-groups in our deeply fractured world. The authors offer a unique perspective on inter-group dynamics and structural violence at local, societal, cultural and global levels, dissecting processes of toxic ‘othering’ and psychosocial (re-)traumatisation.
The book offers the Diogenes Paradigm as a unique conceptual tool with which to analyse the ways in which those of us who come to be located outside or on the margins of dominant social structures are, in one way or another, the inheritors of the legacies of centuries of oppression and exclusion. This analysis offers a distinctive psycho-social redefinition of trauma that foregrounds the relationship between the inhospitable environments we generate and the experiences of un-housedness that we thereby perpetuate.
Written in an engaging and accessible style, Psycho-social Explorations of Trauma, Exclusion and Violence directly addresses pressing global issues of racial trauma, human mobility and climate disaster, and offers a manifesto for the creative re-imagining of the places and spaces in which conversations about restructuring and reparation can become sustainable. This is an essential and compelling book for anyone committed to social justice, especially for all practitioners working in health, social care and community justice settings, and researchers and academics across the behavioural and social sciences
The Tavistock Trauma Service
No full textThe history and development of the Trauma Service is given, with an elaboration of the theoretical models that have been part of the current design of the individualized therapeutic journeys patients may take. An outline of Herman’s phase-based approach to complex trauma is conceptualized from the psychoanalytic framework at the heart of the service
Role of mental health professionals in extending professional support to people in need
No full textThis chapter will present an outline of a model of service delivery that has been in use by a London “Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service” (CAMHS) to provide services to children, young people, and families whose multiple difficulties make it hard for them to access conventional clinic-based services. The “THRIVE Framework for System Change” (“THRIVE”) (Wolpert et al. in THRIVE-framework for system change, 2019) which underpins this service redesign, builds on the resilience of families, and the skills of supporting key workers who have the closest relationships with them. This chapter will outline the model of service delivery and use examples to illustrate its outcomes for the most vulnerable young people, their families, the staff working with them, and the organizations/agencies delivering services to these families
A systemic supervisory methodology and approach used during COVID times: Collective cut-outs – a gift from the left hand
No full textThis paper sets out to explore the use of a systemic reflexive exercise called “Collective Cut-Outs”, detailing its methodology and usefulness with “frontline” mental health practitioners within supervision and teaching contexts. We draw on the use of storytelling, image, creativity and the usefulness of the left hand (right brain) in clinical mental health contexts and focus on its value in reflexive supervisory groups. We also aim to give voice to the experiences of “frontline” Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) clinicians in an inner-city mental health team during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Collective Cut-Out exercise and its methodology provide a framework to help facilitate reflexive spaces that promote mindful group exercise and the subsequent expression of personal and professional resonance. The subjects of clinical challenge and collective resilience are also brought forth. We offer a case study in the second part of the paper, outlining the use of the exercise in a reflexive group supervisory context. The team in focus have kindly given us, the authors, permission to use their experiences and “cut-outs”. We have either adapted or removed identifiable information from the writing to protect and respect the identity of the team and individuals involved
The myth of Black father absenteeism—exploring attachment theory, gendered racism, and the "breakdown of family"
No full textI explore the myth of Black father absence and its deleterious effects, by critically reflecting on attachment theory, gendered racism, and the idea of family breakdown. This myth makes sense within a culture that emphasises the exclusive importance of biological mothers and fathers. Building on intersectionality theory, multidimensionality theorists argue that Black men are also discriminated against by virtue of being Black and male. Gendered racism therefore pathologises Black men, Black women, and the Black family as a whole. In particular, as part of the "family breakdown" narrative, "single Black mothers" whose children "do not have a father present in their lives", are a problem to be resolved and a set of problems waiting to happen. Such narratives uphold the political peddling that encourages us to focus on individual behaviour, and not on social context. In contrast, I argue for the importance of an attachment to the world, not just one caregiver, and explore the ways that racism positions some people as belonging, whilst others have their secure base or "epistemic home" (Kinouani, 2021) constantly undermined. Alternatively, developing more social awareness would lead to an appreciation of Black men, Black women, and the Black community as an attachment network
The family retreat
No full textWhen Rob decides the family needs to get away for the summer Jess is not convinced - won't all the things they're escaping be waiting for them on their return? But the kids are thrilled, and before long their idyllic little cottage, the sea air, and the feel of skin sticky from sun-cream, lollies and sand, begins to work its magic. Jess allows herself to sink into the holiday vibes - the family even make holiday friends.
The summer heat intensifies Jess - ever vigilant - unearths a secret, a problem she's sure she can help solve. But things are not always as they seem. The water may look inviting but even the gentlest looking waves can hide the deadliest undercurrents.
As autumn approaches, Jess - and the reader - will come to realise this is going to end in a way no-one could have imagined..
