A Systems-Centered Approach to Inpatient Group Psychotherapy [Paperback]

Yvonne M. Agazarian (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1853029173 | ISBN-13: 978-1853029172 | Publication Date: February 15, 2001 | Edition: 1

(Jessica Kingsley) Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Built around the transcript of an inpatient therapy session, giving the reader the opportunity to follow verbatim, how systems-centered therapy actually works. Wherever appropriate, the author annotates the script with the rationale for a particular intervention or method. Softcover.

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Yvonne M. Agazarian, EdD, is a consulting affiliate to the Friends Hospital, Philadelphia and the Director of the Systems-Centered Training Institute She teaches, trains and supervises systems-centred therapists internationally, and practises in Philadelphia, USA. She has developed the theory of living human systems and its systems-centred practice. She co-authored The Visible and Invisible Group in 1981 and wrote Systems-centered Therapy for Groups, published in 1997. Also in 1997 she received the Group Psychologist of the Year award from the American Psychological Association 'for her involvement in research, publication, teaching and training. She exemplifies the finest in scholarship in the discipline of psychology. As a group psychologist she has contributed to expanding our knowledge of the boundaries between clinical and social psychology with the investigation of living human systems and systems-centered group and individual therapy. Her considerable body of work illustrates the highest blend of creativity and learning'.

Product Details

• Paperback: 158 pages
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition (February 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853029173
• ISBN-13: 978-1853029172
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,951,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: A Systems-Centered Approach to Inpatient Group Psychotherapy (Paperback)

I think it is a good idea to look at the things from the system-centered way. I have heard it at a conference and it really makes some sense, compared to the nothing, that does't.