Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups

by Yvonne M. Agazarian

Overview

Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) is an innovative approach to psychotherapy that synthesizes a finely-tuned awareness of the defensive roles of anxiety and depression, with an analysis of the phases of group development. This volume introduces the author's theory of living human systems and explicitly maps out its use in a structured treatment model

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367327316
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/31/2019
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Autobiography of a Theory — A Theory of Living Human Systems — An Overview of the Theory and Its Practice — Subgrouping — Boundarying — Defense Modification in the Phases of Group Development — Systems-Centered Practice — The Authority Issue — Social Defenses — Cognitive Defenses — Psychosomatic Defenses — Masochistic Defenses — Sadistic Defenses — Role Relationship Defenses — Resistance-to-Change Defenses — The Intimacy Issue — Defenses against Separation and Individuation — Life and Interdependency — Defenses and the Experienced SCT Group