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Seselelame : feelings in the body: working alongside systemic ideas
Author(s) -
Jude Julia
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.1111/1467-6427.12087
Subject(s) - dialogical self , feeling , human body , field (mathematics) , sociology , systemic therapy , natural (archaeology) , epistemology , psychology , social psychology , medicine , history , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , cancer , breast cancer , pure mathematics , anatomy
This article explores the way I use my cultural heritage as a tool to expand upon and develop skills in working with families, and how I then experience my position as a systemic therapist, interweaving systemic ideas and the intimacies of my own cultural heritage I examine the differences and similarities between systemic knowledge and practice, and African oral traditional ideas. Reclaiming my cultural heritage is the focus of this article and I explore the useful contribution it can make in the systemic field. Practical examples are given to illustrate the applicability of the ideas. Practitioner points African oral traditions (seselelame) characterize a dialogical feeling in the body that complements systemic family therapy and practice. In seselelame human knowing is as valuable as western theories of knowledge. Seselelame offers an appreciation of lived moments and encourages awareness of self (human knowing) as a means of sense‐making. Seselelame practice reinforces the idea that the senses are natural resources.