Psychotherapeutic Competencies

Laura Fruggeri is a psychologist and psychotherapist and a former professor of psychology of family relationship at the University of Parma. Currently, she is the director of the Bologna Centre of Family Therapy and has been extensively teaching in the UK, Europe, and North and South America for more than 3 decades. She is the author of more than 100 publications in Italian, English, French, Spanish, Danish, and German.Francesca Balestra, PhD, is a psychologist and psychotherapist. She is a family therapist, a researcher, and a trainer at the Bologna Centre of Family Therapy. Her research interests are focused on communicative and interactive processes between therapist and client in psychotherapeutic sessions.Elena Venturelli, PhD, is a psychologist and psychotherapist, adjunct professor of psychology of family relationships at the University of Parma, and a researcher and trainer at the Bologna Centre of Family Therapy. Her main research interests are relationships in the family, with particular attention to the analysis of interactions through observational methodologies (TIAP).

• Part 1: Technical Competency In Systemic Practice: The Dialogical Construction Of A Shared Symbolic Space 1. From diagnosis to care 2. Technical support for dialogical competency Part 2: Relational Competency: Promoting And Analyzing Intersubjectivity 3. The therapeutic alliance 4. The construction of transformative interactive contexts Part 3: Epistemological Competency: Enabling A Change Of Viewpoint 5. Reflexivity: becoming aware of one’s own premises 6. Complex thinking: The exploration of different perspectives 7. Curiosity and decentring: distinguishing reasons from solutions Part 4: Acknowledging The Context: The Social Dimension Of Psychotherapy 8. Relational interdependence and triadic co-evolution 9. Constructing networks 10. The Multi-process analysis Conclusion Beyond Psychotherapy

"This excellent book is a guide to becoming competent in using systemic therapy to help individuals, couples, and families. It integrates key themes from the fields of psychotherapy and research. Complex ideas and practices are illustrated with case examples. This book is a gem, clearly written, insightful, and a ‘must read’ for students, trainers, and experienced couple and family therapists."Professor Alan Carr, University College Dublin "Building on the senior author’s outstanding scholarship, Psychotherapeutic Competencies illuminates the conceptual cores of avant garde systemic practices, to then anchoring them with vivid excerpts of clinical practice. A brilliant, important book."Carlos E. Sluzki, MD George Washington University"Psychotherapeutic Competencies is an appetizing addition to the menu of psychotherapy, appealing to many palates. Traditional dishes from systemic practice: hypothesizing, curiosity, and questions are refreshed and enhanced by contemporary flavours of therapeutic relationships and spiced by research and evidence."John Burnham, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital