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The therapy seesaw: achieving therapeutically balanced approaches to working with emotional distress
- Authors:
- TALKES Kirsty, TENNANT Allison
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 6(3), August 2004, pp.3-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Discusses barriers that can obstruct a structured therapeutic approach. Focuses on dialectical behaviour therapy as a model and discusses how the concept of 'dialectics' can provide an overriding context for case conceptualisation. Illustrates dialectical dilemmas and powerful dynamics that can be enacted between individuals, teams and patients endeavouring to cope with distress. Describes and elaborates the dialectical philosophy, providing a framework for the synthesis of clinical interpersonal encounters and metaphorical concepts of a therapy seesaw. Discusses how these ideas can guide work with emotionally distressed individuals.