Aikido: A Model for Brief Strategic Therapy

Building on Watzlawick's observations of certain similarities between judo and brief strategic therapy, this paper develops theoretic and pragmatic parallels between brief strategic therapy and a sophisticated martial art system, Aikido. After presenting the contextual similarities of the two c...

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Published in:Family process 1980-09, Vol.19 (3), p.227-238
Main Author: SAPOSNEK, DONALD T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aggression - psychology
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Patients - psychology
Philosophy
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychotherapy, Brief - methods
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Summary:Building on Watzlawick's observations of certain similarities between judo and brief strategic therapy, this paper develops theoretic and pragmatic parallels between brief strategic therapy and a sophisticated martial art system, Aikido. After presenting the contextual similarities of the two conceptual systems as parallel “challenges” to the therapist and Aikidoist to effect change, the similarities in basic principles of practice are presented. The similarities in the philosophical and attitudinal positions of these conceptual systems are then delineated, followed by a case example that integrates the various concepts in the paper.
ISSN:0014-7370
1545-5300
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1980.00227.x