Positions and Polarities in Contemporary Systemic Practice

Sara Barratt

• Series Editors’ Foreword , Introduction , Reflections on development of ideas: personal and contextual. David Campbell in interview with Charlotte Burck , Therapy and Theory , Keeping cool in thinking and psychotherapy , Having a cup of tea with David Campbell: now for something completely different , Relationship to questions over time: David Campbell in interview with Charlotte Burck , The road taken: a brief history of a dialogic family therapy , Supervision and Training , Passions and positions: selfhood in supervision , From Milan to the Tavistock: the influence of systemic training on child and adolescent psychiatrists , Towards a culture of contribution in supervisory practice: some thoughts about the position of the supervisor , Research , Systemic research and research supervision: David Campbell in interview with Charlotte Burck , Learning from research processes and dilemmas: young people’s experience of parental mental illness , Semantic polarities: two interpretations for one concept , Consultation , Evolving applications of systemic ideas. Towards positioning and polarities: David Campbell in interview with Charlotte Burck , Dialogue: keeping in touch , Uncoding landscapes: systemic shapes, maps, and territories , The ultimate ethical position is to keep talking: dealing with difference in teams, in supervision, and in therapy , Applying systemic thinking in pastoral contexts