Talking About Versus Talking With: an experiential self of the therapist exercise for family therapy training

• Published in: Journal of family therapy 2016-08, Vol.38 (3), p.435-442
• Main Authors: Sude, Michael E., Gambrel, Laura Eubanks
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Client relationships; Exercise therapy; experiential learning; Family counseling; Family therapy; family therapy training; Interpersonal relations; person of the therapist; Personal information; self of the therapist; Students; Talking; Therapists; Therapy; Trainers; Training
• ISSN: 0163-4445; 1467-6427
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12121

This article describes an experiential self of the therapist exercise for use in family therapy training. It provides guidelines for instructors to integrate the activity into their courses including step‐by‐step directions, examples of processing questions, and potential readings to accompany the activity. The Talking About Versus Talking With exercise was designed to help family therapy students have a felt sense of some of the differences between individual and relational therapy. It provides trainers with a way to teach therapists in training about clients’ experiences in relational therapy where they talk about relational difficulties directly with someone, as opposed to talking about those same difficulties in individual therapy. The exercise also offers an opportunity for students to do self of the therapist work with a strained relationship in their personal lives, and students report that it is both rewarding and emotionally intense. Practitioner points Differences between individual and relational therapy may not be easily understood by family therapy students Self of the therapist work, including working with difficult personal relationships, is a vital component of family therapy training The experiential nature of the exercise provides students with a felt sense of some differences between individual and relational therapy 谈论与交谈：家庭治疗培训中的治疗师自我体验练习 本文介绍了一种在家庭治疗培训中使用的治疗师自我体验练习。文中提供了练习说明以方便培训者将不同的活动纳入其课程中, 包括分步指南、处理提问的例子, 以及可能会用于辅助活动的阅读材料。“谈论与交谈”这一练习的设计目的在于帮助家庭治疗学生对于个人治疗和关系治疗之间的一些区别有切身体会。它提供一种方式, 使得培训者可以教给参加培训的治疗师关于关系治疗中来访者的体验, 在这种治疗中, 来访者直接与他人讨论关系问题, 而在个人治疗中则非如此。该练习同时也提供机会让学生能够针对自己个人生活中的一段紧张关系开展治疗师自身的工作。学生表示, 这种练习让人受益匪浅, 并充满情绪张力。 对实务工作者的启示 家庭治疗学生或许不能够很容易地明白个人治疗与关系治疗之间的差别。 治疗师的自我工作, 包括处理困难的个人关系, 是家庭治疗培训中的重要一环。 该体验性的练习帮助学生亲身体会个人治疗和关系治疗之间的某些差别。 关键词：治疗师自身；家庭治疗培训；体验式学习；治疗师个人