Contextuele Bibliografie

Van contextuele theorie naar praktijk

Mensen leven in relaties, omdat we elkaar nodig hebben. Daarom worden onze relaties gekenmerkt door wederkerigheid: we ontvangen van de ander, en geven aan de ander. In de contextuele benadering van Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy wordt dit ‘relationele ethiek’ genoemd. Daarmee wordt een fundament van hechte, duurzame (familie)relaties blootgelegd; de bron voor geslaagde relaties.Van contextuele theorie naar praktijk beschrijft de relevantie en de toepasbaarheid van de contextuele benadering voor de hulpverlening en aanverwante werkvelden. Na een inleiding op de contextuele benadering wordt de contextuele theorie op een geheel nieuwe en toegankelijke wijze uitgelegd. Vanuit verschillende invalshoeken krijgen de kernelementen van dit denken een vanzelfsprekende samenhang. De toepassing van deze theorie in de praktijk wordt ontleend aan een wetenschappelijke analyse van de praktijk van Nagy en aan de hedendaagse praktijk. De beste interventies worden samengebracht in een model van drie fases, dat als handvat kan dienen voor relatie- en gezinstherapeuten. Daarnaast wordt het model uitgewerkt voor toepassing in het sociaal werk. Hierbij is ruimte voor kritieken, maar wordt ook duidelijk wat de kansen zijn van de benadering. Ten slotte beschrijft de auteur de ontwikkelingen binnen de ggz en welke plaats de contextuele benadering daar zou kunnen innemen. Uniek is de uitwerking van een interview met Nagy, waarin hij spreekt over hoe hij is opgegroeid, zijn motivatie tot zijn studie, en de ontwikkeling van de contextuele benadering. Op de bijbehorende website zijn naast de filmopname van het historische interview ook filmfragmenten van therapiesessies onder leiding van Nagy, de bibliografie van Nagy en een lijst met contextuele begrippen te vinden.

Spanish Adaptation of the Relational Ethics Scale (1)

Contextual therapy posits that a truly comprehensive grasp of human existence is composed of individual and relational realities. The Relational Ethics Scale (RES) is the only validated instrument to measure relational ethics, one of the relational realities’ four dimensions, which was theorized by Boszormenyi-Nagy. The RES measures people’s perception about constructs of loyalty, entitlement, trust and justice in their family of origin and in their current and significant relationships. Relational ethics has been shown to have implications for mature development, psychological health and family functioning. The aim of this research was to adapt the RES for use with Spaniards residing in Spain (N = 1181). Psychometric properties were analyzed, and construct validity was assessed using the Spanish-Differentiation Self Inventory. Results obtained indicate the Spanish Relational Ethics Scale (S-RES) is a valid and reliable tool for relational ethics assessment in Spanish populations. Couple and family counselors in Spain may consider the clinical assessment of relational ethics using the S-RES in order to explore issues of fairness, trust, roles, and re-balance when working to support complex family systems. Future research directions using the newly validated S-RES are discussed.

Encouraging Encounters. Reframing time by dialogue in the intergenerational pastoral process

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Strengthening Connectedness in Close Relationships: A Model for Applying Contextual Therapy

This article presents a model for conducting contextual therapy with the aim of contributing to the further development of contextual therapy. Its founder, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, introduced the core of this approach, relational ethics, as a new paradigm for family therapy, which has been received well. The authors presume that the training of (upcoming) contextual therapists and conducting contextual therapy itself can benefit from more concrete guidelines and a phased structure. It can also enhance the further development, research, and accountability of this approach. Therefore, using a design-oriented method, the authors developed a model that helps to shape a contextual therapy process and the applicable contextual interventions. It is based on strengthening connectedness in close relationships, using relational ethics as its compass. The framework of the model consists of three phases: exploring connectedness in close relationships, modifying connectedness in close relationships, and reinforcing connectedness in close relationships, whereby the goals of each of these phases are defined as process elements and expanded into guidelines for 19 interventions. The ingredients for these interventions are derived from two recent studies on the practice of Nagy and on the practice of current contextual therapists. The model is explained and substantiated

Healing through Parenting: An Intervention Delivery and Process of Change Model Developed with Low-Income Latina/o Immigrant Families

Low-income Latinas/os are exposed to widespread mental health disparities in the United States. Most recently, a resurgence of anti-immigration narratives has led vulnerable Latina/o immigrants to experience considerable contextual stressors with multiple deleterious consequences for their overall well-being, including significant disruptions to their parenting practices. Within this context of adversity and despite the multiple benefits associated with parent training (PT) prevention interventions, the availability of contextually and culturally relevant PT interventions remains limited in underserved Latina/o communities. This paper constitutes a contribution to this gap in knowledge by presenting a model of intervention delivery utilized in the dissemination of culturally adapted versions of the evidence-based intervention known as GenerationPMTO.© The proposed model also describes a process of change that we have documented in empirical research with low-income Latina/o immigrant parents who have been exposed to the adapted interventions. The manuscript is organized in four sections. First, an overview of the model is discussed, along with a brief summary of major theories. Next, the core components of the model are described, complemented by the presentation of a case study. Finally, implications for prevention and clinical intervention are discussed.

Transmission of Intergenerational Migration Legacies in Korean American Families: Parenting the Third Generation

Therapists are expected to practice cultural awareness. However, there is limited guidance on what this means when working with second or third generation families. This grounded theory study used a social constructionist life course perspective to understand how second generation Korean American parents locate themselves in the sociopolitical context and draw on these intergenerational experiences to construct a parenting ideology. Semi-structured interviews with 20 parenting couples of children between 0 and 10 years of age showed parents engage in three major socio-contextual processes: (a) looks back on first generation parents’ experience of survival and marginalization, (b) explores meaning of being second generation Korean American parents, and (c) fosters contextual awareness of third generation children. Parenting intents appeared fueled by felt awareness of their increased societal power compared to their parents. Findings help family practitioners contextualize parenting experiences within the larger social context and suggest a nuanced, process-oriented approach to sociocultural attunement that attends to multiple interconnecting contexts, fluid across time and place.

Lifeblood of Trust for Real Relationship

I was an “ordinary” housewife, tending our home and newborn son. My husband, David, was a dentist in the Air Force, learning to salute. Our son lightened our lives, watching him take his fi rst steps, seeing him grow. Fast-forward ten years: a house of our own, five children and two dogs. I felt my world shrinking even as it seemed to be expanding. I “ran away from home” to see what else was out there. Fair housing and civil rights movements were born…and I began to hatch.THIS BOOK PRESENTS a methodology through the experiences of Barbara R. Krasner’s (Budir) life and of all those whose lives she encountered. Her passion of living the inner light of Contextual Work where enemies can reach out their hand to each other sustains her. The close-up realization of how easy it would be to destroy others and ourselves haunts her. How to fight the viciousness and lies that seem so inherent in politics and power games, and the consequences on innocent bystanders keeps her searching. She trusts how Contextual Work has so many essential elements that could at least help us fill the sandbags and stem the flood of free-floating malevolence. Contextual work is a matter of life and death for relationships in families, friends, strangers, countries, and nations — in the past, now, and in the future.THIS BOOK IS Budir’s journey, a long-time quest to make Contextual Work a household phrase, more fully grasped, owned and embraced. This book is also meant to extend Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy’s fierce determination to clarify the intended meaning of words spoken here and heard there. It is the product of our yearning to uncover and clarify, tease out and sharpen the essentials of Contextual Work. Contextual Work is not just a theory. It is a matter of life and death for family, friends, strangers, countries, and nations – in the past, now, and in the future.THIS BOOK IS A MEMOIR, not a program and not a chronology. The stories and life events embody insights and refl ections to real multigenerational family and societal relationships.