Context magazine

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An interview with Lemn Sissay – Nasima Hussain

Bloody foreigners here: Gender and culture – working with refugees and asylum seekers – Lennox K Thomas

Understanding Arab men and families: Towards more effective systemic family therapy – Menis Yousry

A culturally attuned intervention for obsessive compulsive disorder in a community mental health team: A multi-disciplinary case study – Nicolette de Villiers, Rosanne Shocolinsky-Dwyer and Prakash Parikh

Relationships between physical and emotional well being in a South Asian family – Yasmin Siddiqi and Annie Turner

Lesbian parenting in a heterosexist culture – Kate St John

Reflecting on gay parenting after reading Kate St John’s article – Stewart Turnbull and Giles Dhabalia

When actions speak louder than words – Sharon Taylor

Beyond the clinic: Contrasting clinic and community based practice – Julia Foskett and Andy Robson

Tuning in at reception – dialogue on the threshold – Miranda Westlake and Kieran Vivian-Byrne

Irreverence revisited – Paul Hackett and Kevin Ball

It’s not the right way: How deliberate practice can improve performance – An interview with Scott Miller – Alex Millham

Practitioners’ experiences of family therapy clinics – Philip Messent, Alastair Pearson and Ingrid Skillicorn

The challenges of identifying emotional distress in children – Suzy O’Connor

AFT 2010 National Conference, September 17, 2010, Birmingham: Working in diverse communities; issues of inclusivity – Ged Smith

Visible voices – facilitating conversations between D/deaf and hearing family members – Cathy Petters

Reflections on the first AFT conference attended by a therapist in training with the keynote subject ‘diversity’ – Sharon Yorke

Book review: Frank M. Dattilio, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Couples and Families: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians (Foreword by Aaron T. Beck) – Nasima Hussain

Research miscellany – Peter Stratton

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Editorial: Walking the walk – a journey using systemic approaches with people with learning disabilities – Lorna Robbins

So many terms: A walk inside and around learning disabilities, and a conversation with a cool guy – Henrik Lynggaard and John Livingstone

Disablement, systemic therapy and people with learning disabilities – Mark Haydon–Laurelut

Controlling ‘the human hulk’ – Henry Ansu, supported by Anna Ruddle

A parent’s perspective 

Positioning theory and relational risk-taking: Connections when working with adults with learning disabilities and their families –  Sandra Baum

Prejudiced, moi? Some reflections on working with a South Asian family, and the issues of difference that arose during the course of therapy – Lindy Newton

Emergent cake: A plurality of systemic practices – Shona Daynes, Sophie Doswell, Nicky Gregory, Mark Haydon-Laurelut & Elly Millett

Working with systems: A long journey – Jenny Webb

Towards independence for adults with learning disabilities: A systemic perspective – Vanessa Allen

My experience of reflecting conversations with adults with learning disabilities – Sarah Coles

The experience of the reflecting team for people with learning disabilities in family therapy – Sam Petrie

Facing the family: The Family Liaison Service in Somerset – three case examples – Simon Leftwich, Karen Carter, Cathy McIver and Roger Stanbridge

There is no such a thing as the perfect question – Chiara Santin

Research opportunities: Participate or observe – Peter Stratton

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The origins of family therapy in the UK and Ireland – Bebe Speed

Family therapy’s origins in the UK and Ireland – date chart – Compiled by Bebe Speed

Reflections on the development of systemic family practice in the early years – Barbara Dale

The first reported family therapy meeting? – Robin Routledge

Some personal memories of the beginning of family therapy in the UK – Sue Walrond-Skinner

Early family therapy in London in the 1960s: The welfare state, Woodberry Down and Robin Skynner – Gill Gorell Barnes

The Young People’s Unit in Edinburgh, 1967 to 1980 – Alan Cooklin and Nick Child

Developing family therapy in Scotland – Rob Wrate and Marian Gerry

The beginnings of a psychoanalytic approach to family therapy – from a personal point of view – Sally Box

Jazz and family therapy – my journey – Arnon Bentovim

“And none of your Laingian nonsense”: My beginnings with family therapy – Gwyn Daniel

Early development of Leeds Family Therapy & Research Centre – Helga Hanks and Peter Stratton

Why and how I became a family therapist – John Hills

Separations, twists and braids: The shared history of group analysis and family therapy in the UK – Chris Evans

Family therapy training – thirty years ago – Kate Daniels

A journey from a child and adolescent psychiatrist to a systemic family psychiatrist: A professional and personal story – Queenie Harris

Coming home? The evolution of solution-focused brief therapy in the UK – Chris Iveson

The early fashioning of family therapy in Ireland: An immoderate image – Nollaig Byrne

Reflections on my journey as a family therapist in Scotland and North Yorkshire in the 1970s and 1980s – Una McCluskey

Spreading the faith in Bristol and the West Country – John Carpenter

Early development of family therapy in the North East – Ruth Reay

Highlights – Elsa Jones

Self harm

When anger endangers relationships: Self-harm as a systemic solution – David Pocock

Self-harm and suicidal risk: Boundaries and bridges in the practices of safety – Paula Boston, James Barclay and Charlie Stanley

Conveyor belt – Zoe Deligiannis

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Supervision and the training context: Some thoughts and ideas about the ownership of knowledge in practice – Barry Mason

Supervision of solidarity practices: Solidarity teams and people-ing-the-room – Vikki Reynolds

Cut the crap: Language – risks and relationships in systemic therapy and supervision – Ged Smith

Constant becoming: Supervision as the performance of systemic intelligence – Jim Wilson

Co-working in live supervision: Improvisations for transformative learning – Jeanette Neden and Gail Bradbury

Cultural reflexivity in the supervision of family therapy – Shadi Shahnavaz

Keeping “race” and culture on the supervision agenda (even when they may not seem relevant…) – Ramón Karamat Ali

Training to supervise: The mutually influencing experience in a PPD and skills development module – Viv Gross, John Staines and Yoko Totsuka

Innovative new course at The University of Surrey: ‘Certificate in supervision and consultation – psychotherapeutic approaches’ – Patrick Belas, Irene Samuel, Cathy Taylor & Shelagh Wright

Long distance supervision – Mike O’Connor and Caroline Wells

The handshake – Maria Nichterlein

Supervision discussion

Inaugural David Campbell Memorial Supervision Conference – A brief report – David Amias, Reenee Singh & Paul Tibbles

Research update: Engaging with research – Peter Stratton

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“Where did you copy that essay from?” An interview with Diane Abbott, MP – Pat Gray

The struggle for self love in a White world – Adrienne Riofrio

The construction of my Black voice – Nick Pendry

Joint self-reflexivity: An intercultural couple looks at difference – Heidi P. Karamat Ali and Ramón Karamat Ali

“What do you mean you are lesbian? You are black”: Reflections on black lesbian identity – Charity Hlazo-Tawodzera

Sweet mother: Supporting the relationship between asylum-seeking mothers and their babies – Julia Nelki, Carry Gorney, Amira Hassan & Ruth O’Shaughnessy

The Noahgram: Pictures speak louder than words – Noah Solarin

Unsung (s)heroes: Margaret Bush – Monica McGoldrick

“The Blues is a Healer”: A voyage of exploration in the delta of darkness and light, black and white – John Hills

Excerpts from a personal and professional journey as a black woman – Annette Wilson

What’s it like being a black family therapist? – Matthew Ganda

Beyond expectations – Elliott Connie

“A powerful piece of work”: African and Caribbean men talking about the ‘tree of life’ – Angela Byrne, Aronda Warren, Brian Joof, Daniel Johnson, Leslie Casimir, Carlton Hinds, Sylvester Mittee, Johnson Jeremy, Ade Afilaka & Sandra Griffiths

Research update: How to be happy – Peter Stratton

Research update: Engaging with research – Peter Stratton

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Healing from violence and abuse: A collaborative playful approach – Maggie Downs

A different type of talking: A solution-focused group for parents – Guy Shennan

Solution-focused work in war-torn countries: Uganda as a case example – Stephen M. Langer

An evaluation of the effectiveness of a brief solution-focused family intervention, based within early and preventative tier 2 CAMHS – Lindsey Hampson & Lauren Clark

SF windows – situations-focused windows within solution-focused therapy – Tomasz Switek

Zen and the art of watering seeds – Shelja Sen

‘Solutions 4 Reading’ – embedding SF champions in a local government authority in the UK – Paul Z Jackson & Janine Waldman

Conversations with my dog: Storming times in a solution-focused organisation – Steve Freeman

Studies of outcome in solution-focused research since 2007 – Alasdair J Macdonald

Taking solution-focused practice to China – Greg Vinnicombe

Some assumptions of solution-focused practice – John Wheeler and Greg Vinnicombe

On becoming a possibilist: Some influences from brief therapies – Jim Wilson

Looking back and looking forward: An interview with Insoo Kim Berg – John Wheeler

Research update: How to be happy – Peter Stratton

Franklin C., Trepper T. S., McCollum E.E. & Gingerich W.J. (Eds) (2011) Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: A Handbook of Evidence-based Practice – Reviewed by Andrew Callcott

Richard Fisch 1926 – 2011: An obituary – Brian Cade

News from the Journal of Family Therapy: Moving further into the digital world – Mark Rivett

Research looking outwards and forwards – Peter Stratton