Paradox and Polarity: The Tao of Family Therapy

Jordan, John R.

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1985.00165.x

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“…When Jordan (1985) explains how he applies the Taoist principle of Wu Wei to his therapy, he clearly states that he cannot differentiate between the spiritual and the therapeutic. "Truth," he writes, "lies beyond distinctions, even distinctions between a view of unity and separateness" (p. 172).…”

Section: The Same and Different And The Samementioning

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Connections and Themes of Spirituality in Family Therapy

Rivett

Street²

2001

Family Process

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In this article, we provide an overview of current considerations of spirituality in family therapy literature and practice. We suggest that whatever practice of therapy is undertaken, implicity or explicitly it will reflect views on the connection between spirituality and family therapy--connections involving clients' and therapists' beliefs. A thematic framework based on dimensions of the instrumental and metaphysical is outlined. Clinical approaches and practices within these connections are discussed.

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Section: The Same and Different And The Samementioning

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Connections and Themes of Spirituality in Family Therapy

Rivett

Street²

2001

Family Process

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“…The adaptive fusionary response of drawing together to seek comfort from one another did not have a foundation of effective mutuality to draw upon within their relationship. Instead, as often happens in families faced with illness or death, David and Sarah intensified their usual and polar‐opposite coping styles (Jordan, 1985). This led to increased conflict and an erosion of the sense of pleasure and cohesion in the family.…”

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Observations on Loss and Family Development

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Kraus²,

Ware³

1993

Family Process

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This article examines the role of death and loss in family developmental processes. Aspects of family development are described, followed by an exploration of the impact of loss on family functioning and development. We present a typology of initial family response styles to the death of a member as well as some immediate and long-term patterns of adaptation after a loss. The article concludes with a case example and a discussion of multigenerational sequelae of unresolved bereavement in family systems.

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“…Returning from the conference I discovered on the journal shelves a new Family Process with a paper on 'The Tao of Family Therapy' by John Jordan (1985), with many thoughtful comments on the parallels between Taoist wisdom and ideas developing in systemic therapies. On another set of shelves, this time in a martial arts shop, I discovered Zen in the Art of Helping by David Brandon (1976).…”

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