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ON BEING AN OBSERVING PARTICIPANT IN A THERAPEUTIC INSTITUTION
Author(s) -
Skogstad Wilhelm
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2010.01205.x
Subject(s) - institution , psychology , observer (physics) , unit (ring theory) , work (physics) , participant observation , social psychology , psychoanalysis , sociology , social science , mathematics education , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The author builds on two areas of Bob Hinshelwood's work, the Cassel Hospital and institutional observation. He shows how being an observer of oneself and the institution one is working in may lead to a more balanced approach that acknowledges different levels of the organization and their tensions, instead of being caught up in them. He describes a crisis on his unit, the various institutional levels involved in generating the crisis and his way of dealing with it.