LibGuides: MFT-8101 v7: Week 4 Resources

Week 4 Resources

Understanding Gregory Bateson: Mind, beauty, and sacred earth
Charlton, N. G. (2008). Understanding Gregory Bateson: Mind, beauty, and sacred earth. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
The assigned chapters will provide a glimpse into the work of Gregory Bateson and his contribution to the field of Family Therapy.
Read Chapters 3 and 6
Gregory Bateson Website
Explore the section “Resources.”
A dialogic perspective for family therapy: The contributions of Martin Buber and Gregory Bateson. Journal of Family Therapy...
Inger, I. B. (1993). A dialogic perspective for family therapy: The contributions of Martin Buber and Gregory Bateson. Journal of Family Therapy...
This resource explores how the contributions of Buber and Bateson influenced the field of Family Therapy.
Remembering the pattern that connects: Towards an eco-informed MFT.
Laszloffy, T. A. (2009). Remembering the pattern that connects: Towards an eco-informed MFT. Contemporary Family Therapy, 31(3), 222-236
This resource provides recommendations for MFTs on paying attention to ecological issues in clinical practice.
Introduction to Systems Thinking.
Panichelli, C. (2013). Humor, joining, and reframing in psychotherapy: Resolving the auto-double-bind. American Journal of Family Therapy...
Gregory Bateson’s oeuvre is the focus of this discussion.
Humor, joining, and reframing in psychotherapy: Resolving the auto-double-bind.
Panichelli, C. (2013). Humor, joining, and reframing in psychotherapy: Resolving the auto-double-bind. American Journal of Family Therapy...
This article examines how the use of humor, joining, and reframing can resolve the formation of an auto-double bind.