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Systemic empathy with adults affected by intellectual disabilities and their families
- Authors:
- WEBB-PEPLOE Hilly, FREDMAN Glenda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 37(2), 2015, pp.228-245.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article explores how therapists might bring forth and value the voice of the person with intellectual disabilities alongside the voice of their family and carers so that all those present can feel understood and appreciated. The authors offer a description of systemic empathy as the ability to connect with one person while maintaining the possibility of connecting with other individuals in the system and at the same time tuning in to those people's connections with each other. Examples from practice are shared that challenge the ability to work empathically when there are several people in the same room holding different or opposing perspectives and who evoke different emotional reactions in practitioners. Principles and practices are offered through which they have been able to make empathy systemic with examples from their work with adults with intellectual disabilities and their families. These include empathising through curiosity and irreverence, co-creating meanings with more than one person, double listening with ears, eyes and bodies, preparing our own emotional postures, taking the perspectives of others and creating reflecting processes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning disabilities and behavior problems: a self psychological and intersubjective approach to working with parents
- Authors:
- AMERONGEN Magaret, MISHNA Faye
- Journal article citation:
- Psychoanalytic Social Work, 11(2), 2004, pp.33-51.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In this paper the authors present an approach, which is informed by self psychology and intersubjectivity theory, to working with parents of children who have learning disabilities (LD) and behaviour problems. Children with LD are at risk of developing behaviour problems. Effective intervention with the children's parents must be based on knowledge of the interplay of contributing cognitive and experiential factors. This knowledge allows therapists and parents to develop informed empathy in relation to the children's experiences and to implement effective management strategies. The approach emphasizes the empathy that the therapist conveys to the parents which fosters greater understanding by the parents of their children. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Grief and intellectual disability: a systemic approach
- Author:
- BLACKMAN Noelle J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(1/2), 2002, pp.253-263.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
People with intellectual disabilities are living longer, which in turn leads to a higher probability that they will experience significant loss due to the death of someone they know. This paper describes a systemic therapeutic model, ROC, which combines bereavement therapy with training and support for staff. On reporting the effects of the ROC model, it is noted that changes over time in the type and nature of referrals has shown the therapeutic value of the program. The author makes a case that the best way to detect and possibly prevent serious emotional problems in this population is to provide training and support in dealing with death and related issues for the service network surrounding these individuals.
Using staff consultation to facilitate the emotional development of adults with learning disabilities
- Author:
- ARTHUR Andrew R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(3), 1999, pp.93-98.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reviews attempts to understand and treat the emotional-developmental needs and problems of this population. It proposes one response to the problem by demonstrating how the process of consultation can enable care staff to develop an understanding response to this area of their clients' lives. A model of consultation that is relevant to the development of the care staff's therapeutic skills is described.