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Feeling Understood in Family Therapy
Author(s) -
Pocock David
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00053
Subject(s) - feeling , theme (computing) , family therapy , postmodernism , psychotherapist , psychology , psychoanalysis , epistemology , social psychology , philosophy , computer science , operating system
This paper attempts to highlight a common experience, but neglected topic, in family therapy: that of feeling understood. Aspects of postmodernism and contemporary psychoanalysis are revisited to create a theme of understanding as a fully relational activity – making sense together through language of that which lies beyond language. Some ideas on preparing to try to understand are discussed.