Systems-Centered® Group Psychotherapy: Putting Theory into Practice

Systems-centered therapy (SCT) is derived from a theory of living human systems and practiced in individual and group therapy. Excerpts from an inpatient group illustrate how SCT norms, particularly functional subgrouping and the hierarchy of defense modification, are introduced within the first few...

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Published inInternational journal of group psychotherapy Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 171 - 195
Main Author Agazarian, Yvonne M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Routledge 01.04.2012
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Defense Mechanisms
Goals
Group Processes
Group psychotherapy
Group therapy
Hospitalization
Humans
Individuality
Modification
Nonverbal Communication
Professional practices
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychoanalytic Therapy - methods
Psychological Theory
Psychotherapy, Group - methods
Self Concept
Social Identification
Systems Theory
Theory
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Summary:Systems-centered therapy (SCT) is derived from a theory of living human systems and practiced in individual and group therapy. Excerpts from an inpatient group illustrate how SCT norms, particularly functional subgrouping and the hierarchy of defense modification, are introduced within the first few minutes of an SCT group. The importance of modifying roles is also discussed, as is the significance of system hierarchy, isomorphy, and energy as applied in the practice of SCT.
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ISSN:0020-7284
1943-2836
DOI:10.1521/ijgp.2012.62.2.171