Reflecting team processes in family therapy: A search for research
Willott, S. Hatton, T.
Willott, S.
Hatton, T.
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Tom Andersen's Reflecting Team approach is widely (and creatively) employed in family therapy. Despite continuing enthusiasm for the practice, however, there are few journal articles reporting empirical research and only one (now dated) review of the literature. After defining reflecting team processes through practices that are embedded in particular approaches to knowledge construction and theoretical interpretation, we offer an overview of the empirical research found in our search of the literature. In the second half of this article we ask why there is so little existing research in this area. Various possible explanations are explored and future directions proposed. We conclude that a dialogue around the complex interweaving of practice, theory and research (that is, praxis) would be a helpful overall stance to adopt in relation to future work in this area.
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Willott S, Hatton T and Oyebode J (2012) Reflecting team processes in family therapy: A search for research. Journal of Family Therapy. 34(2): 180-203.
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