Open AccessSYMPATHETIC CARE
Author(s) -
CUBELLIS LAUREN
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cultural anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.669
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1548-1360
pISSN - 0886-7356
DOI - 10.14506/ca35.1.03
Subject(s) - embodied cognition , narrative , german , interpersonal communication , process (computing) , psychology , psychotherapist , sociology , social psychology , linguistics , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , operating system
German clinicians working with psychiatric crises employ an alternative therapy called Open Dialogue to excavate the family histories and interpersonal relationships of their clients. In learning to do this, they perform role‐play exercises in which familial narratives are imagined and improvised. Through this process, they develop an embodied practice in which they attune to misalignments in the network through words.