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Intervening in a Rigid Supervisory System: A Bowen/Structural View of Neutrality
Author(s) -
Westheafer Charles
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1990.tb00812.x
Subject(s) - neutrality , supervisor , systems theory , project commissioning , sociology , psychology , publishing , computer science , epistemology , management , political science , philosophy , law , economics , artificial intelligence
This paper expands on an earlier publication (1984), by the author. The earlier paper hypothesized that there were three levels of ‘pathological triangles’ in a stuck supervisory system. These triangles constituted a ‘defence’ against issues of attachment‐detachment from the family of origin for both supervisor and therapist. The current paper discusses the ideas which led to the development of the earlier theory and if utilises a case discussion format to illustrate the application of the theory in a stuck supervisory system. It is argued that this is a useful model for teaching neutrality.