Chronicity and the experience of timelessness: An intervention model.

Agnetti, Germana; Young, J.W.

doi:10.1037/h0089181

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“…In the same way, fixed "I'm at fault"f'you're at fault" attributions constrain a person from realising an optimal level of personal agency. Like phenomena found in chronically unresolved marital separations, practices of intense and persistent otherblaming tend to lock participants into a timeless, chronic state of disempowerment (Young and Agnetti, 1993;Young, 1994). This is understandable as many of us find it easier to experience righteous and intoxicating anger, or a righteous but quiet distance from the problem, than to experience directly pain, loss and guilt.…”

Section: Blame and The Therapeutic Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Talking about Blame

Furlong

Young²

1996

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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In this analysis particular emphasis is given to the question of blame in meaningful relationships, such as those occurring within families and between practitioners and their clients. The authors suggest there is a potential in these contexts for the subjective experience of being blamed to challenge, perhaps even disturb, an individual's sense of personhood and for interpersonal boundaries to therefore become de‐regulated. A general implication for practice is then raised: if blame can be so powerful in its effects, practitioners may benefit from talking explicitly to their clients about blame in order to access intrapsychic and interactional material, for its relevance to the immediacy of the client's lived experience, for its ability to contribute to engagement, and perhaps most importantly, because feeling blamed and being blaming reduces the self‐agency available to clients and hence potential for change.

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Section: Blame and The Therapeutic Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Talking about Blame

Furlong

Young²

1996

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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“…The first part of the paper introduces a useful way of conceptualising the paralysing aspect of chronicity, whilst the latter part outlines helpful and practical approaches that flow from this conceptualisation. This paper expands upon the practical approaches outlined in Agnetti & Young (1993), where a more detailed development of the timelessness concept is reported.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…However, as change becomes available to clients and their families, the full impact of the immense losses they have suffered or may suffer in the future is often realised, leading Agnetti and Young (1993) to issue this word of warning:…”

Section: Time-contrasting Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, knowing the signs and symptoms now helps me, at times, to avoid this paralysing state. Agnetti and Young (1993) have described the symptoms of chronic therapy:…”

Section: Chronic Therapymentioning

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“…Formal agency reviews for clients considered 'chronic' can help challenge timeless formulations. As Agnetti and Young (1993) report, formal reviews can result in "staff realising that the current approach, which was effective some time ago, (is) now outdated and (in need of replacement) by an up-to-date approach" (page 79). Providing photocopies of random session notes gave Jack and Julie an extraordinary sense of progression as they read, discussed and debated the contents with each other.…”

Section: Reviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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