Gregory Bateson at 100

Stagoll, Brian

doi:10.1002/j.1467-8438.2006.tb00710.x

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“…Which brings us back, circuitously, to Gregory Bateson (Stagoll, ). There is a corresponding story here.…”

Section: Bateson Reduxmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Systemic Therapy and the Unbearable Lightness of Psychiatry

Stagoll

2017

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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This article is based on a transcript of the 2016 David Ingamells Memorial Lecture, at the Melbourne Clinic, sponsored by the Faculty of Psychotherapy of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry. David was a leader in family therapy in Melbourne in the 1980s and ‘90s. Being invited to give this lecture led me to reflect on 50 years in psychiatry, and how systemic views have evolved over this time. Where did our foundational visions of social psychiatry come from, and where did they lead? How do our original heroes Laing and Bateson look nowadays? How has the concept of schizophrenia changed, and where does the DSM fit in? How can we move beyond the dominant ‘neuro‐molecular narrative’ and reconcile it with psychotherapy and ‘a social view of health?’

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“…Which brings us back, circuitously, to Gregory Bateson (Stagoll, ). There is a corresponding story here.…”

Section: Bateson Reduxmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…William was partly written out of the history of genetics. Gregory, in his long quest for the patterns that connect said, ‘I could never lay the ghost of my father’ (Stagoll, ). Perhaps finally this is now happening.…”

Section: Bateson Reduxmentioning

confidence: 99%

Systemic Therapy and the Unbearable Lightness of Psychiatry

Stagoll

2017

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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“…However, as Sprenkle, Blow, and Dickey (2006) suggest, there is no one theoretical orientation that appears demonstrably superior. Or as Stagoll (2006) reminds us, theory generates hypotheses that help to explain some components of family therapy, but not all. The following discussion assumes no one theory can fully explain the phenomena of resistance or provide all the answers for managing it.…”

Section: 'Resistance' In the Family Therapy Literaturementioning

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Stages of Change Theory in Family Therapy for Sibling Sexual Assault

McNevin¹

2011

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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Family therapy understands the benefits of therapeutically supported dialogue amongst family members when there are challenging themes and topics that need to be discussed. This paper is an attempt to explore ways that family therapists can work with family members who are thrust into therapy rather than ‘voluntarily’ signing up for it. It applies ideas from the drug and alcohol field such as Stages of Change theory and Motivational Interviewing. The paper explores how these ideas and approaches might help family therapists to formulate a concept of resistance and to make helpful dialogue more likely. They are applied to families experiencing sibling sexual assault, where they become involved with a legal response that necessitates a therapeutic intervention.

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“…Within the field of family therapy, the works of Stagoll (2006Stagoll ( , 2005 are outstanding reviews of Bateson's life and legend. "Bateson was our hero, our guiding star" in the 1970s, what Stagoll (2006, p. 121) calls "those heady days of family therapy."…”

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The influence of Gregory Bateson: legacy or vestige?

2007

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Purpose -To assess the recent influence of Gregory Bateson on publication within the field of psychotherapy. Design/methodology/approach -Literature survey of all accessible literature from 1996 to 2006, utilizing citation search engines for identification purposes followed by reading and evaluating the most relevant publications. Findings -Research that investigates Bateson's ideas is promising but scarce, and theoretical development that builds on his constructs is rare. Apart from frequency in citation, his contributions seem to be more durable than generative. Research limitations/implications -Owing to the volume of data, a complete survey of literature was impossible, focusing our work on psychotherapy for this paper. Other projects surveying fields such as management and sociology should be undertaken to assess Bateson's influence. Practical implications -Practice should be tied to theory-building and ongoing research rather than nostalgia, myopic commitment to ideals, or myth. Purposeful commitment to cybernetic theory and practice development is needed. Originality/value -Few literature reviews have attempted to conduct a survey this broad. It is believed this has been successful in addressing actual publication practices.

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Gregory Bateson at 100

Cited by 13 publications

References 25 publications

Systemic Therapy and the Unbearable Lightness of Psychiatry

Systemic Therapy and the Unbearable Lightness of Psychiatry

Stages of Change Theory in Family Therapy for Sibling Sexual Assault

The influence of Gregory Bateson: legacy or vestige?

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