The effects of yoga on mental health and general wellbeing are not a new research endeavor, as there are many studies that explore this topic. However, there is little literature on the integration of yoga within a therapeutic context. We seek to fill that gap and demonstrate the connections we see between the philosophies and practices of yoga and experiential family therapy specifically. First, we give a background of the origins of yoga and its use in psychotherapy thus far in addition to the essentials of Satir's experiential family therapy. We then connect these fields by discussing how they overlap both in beliefs and practices and by providing a case example that utilized techniques from both disciplines. We end with sharing our reflections surrounding implications to consider and our hopes for where this discourse could lead us in the future.
Systemic therapy is predicated on a collaborative relationship between therapist and client. This joint pursuit of client goals occurs in the therapy room but may dissolve once the therapist begins filling out any necessary paperwork (e.g., progress notes, biopsychosocial evaluations, or assessments). Collaborative documentation is one means of bringing forth the client's voice during the session and for documentation. Most therapists write progress notes on their own once the session has ended; however, this leads to a privileging of the therapist's voice in the document rather than the client's voice. This article explores collaborative documentation and provides the voices of doctoral student-therapists as they experienced their initial forays into this process. We provide an explanation of how we believe collaborative documentation helped privilege the client's voice, decreased the power imbalance between therapist and client, and provided ideas as to the implementation and use of joint progress note development.
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