Constructing Realities: An Art of Lenses
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Family Process
- Vol. 29 (1), 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1990.00001.x
Abstract
In this essay I attempt to map the dimensions of my own move away from a cybernetic-biologic analogy for "family-systems" therapy. Central to this shift has been social construction theory augmented by two other lenses: a second-order view, and a sensitivity to gender. These conceptual tools have helped me to distance myself from my previous therapeutic stance and to envision a very different model, one that is less strategic and instrumental, and more collaborative and unconcealed.Keywords
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