Steps to an Ecology of Psychotherapy: The Legacy of Gregory Bateson

Tramonti, Francesco

doi:10.1002/sres.2549

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“…The purpose of an altered concept of elements as suggested here is a better fit to the claimed non‐reductionistic character of general systems theory (GST). This is in accordance with Tramonti's intention, as expressed in his critique on the conventional reductionist approach: “The reductionist study of system laws, as applied to living organisms in general, relies on the concept that the constituting parts may remain invariant over time in spite of any change occurring on the whole relational structure” (all citations in the following are from Tramonti, , here from p. 6, see also Tramonti, ). Erroneously hypostasizing elements as being invariant over time hence needs a correction.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 69%

General system theory (GST) and a non‐reductionist concept of elements: Suggesting a corresponding discussion based on Tramonti (2019)

Fröhlich¹

2019

Syst Res Behav Sci

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The excellent article of Tramonti follows a previous one from the same author, issuing the legacy of Gregory Bateson and suggesting an “ecology of psychotherapy”. It is concerned with another fundamental contributor to systems theory, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, and provides a sound basis for continued discussion of von Bertalanffy's general systems theory (GST). To encourage further research, this note is meant to initiate a discussion about a concept of elements that fundamentally differs from the one underpinned in GST and as also hypostasized in the Tramonti article.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 69%

General system theory (GST) and a non‐reductionist concept of elements: Suggesting a corresponding discussion based on Tramonti (2019)

Fröhlich¹

2019

Syst Res Behav Sci

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“…The association between satisfaction from relationships and health or quality of life has been found to be strong in many studies (Holt-Lunstad, Smith, & Layton, 2010;Myers, 1999;Slatcher & Selcuk, 2017). Human beings are bound together in complex networks of relationships that are the systems, and the ecology, where their functioning takes shape (Tramonti, 2019;Tramonti, Giorgi, & Fanali, 2019). Relationships affect well-being in different ways and across the entire life cycle.…”

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confidence: 99%

Systems thinking and the biopsychosocial approach: A multilevel framework for patient‐centred care

Tramonti

Giorgi

Fanali³

2020

Syst Res Behav Sci

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Patient‐centred care is an approach intended to include service‐users' needs and perspectives as crucial aspects of clinical treatment, superseding any attempt to paternalistic and unilateral attitude in the therapeutic relationship. It is a call to think about persons and not simply of their diseases and implies the adoption of a biopsychosocial perspective and shared decision making. Nonetheless, thinking about persons inevitably means taking the context into due consideration, as individuals are not isolated and any kind of illness experience cannot be thought as a simple matter of inner thoughts and feelings. This perspective article builds on the core tenets of systems thinking and the biopsychosocial approach, with the aim of developing a multilevel approach to patient‐centred care. Within this framework, a literature review has been conducted to gather relevant research findings concerning each level of analysis and the interrelations of such levels. Systems thinking is an ideal framework for capturing the multilayered aspects of illness, from the biological processes that lead to a given disease to the social context where people live. From this angle, we can argue that systems‐centred care is the framework we actually need to truly accomplish patient‐centred goals. This means seeing people as complex dynamical systems and always bearing in mind the ecology of their lives. This also means gearing research and clinical practice towards this direction because complex phenomena like health require adequate methods of inquiry and treatment plans. A multilevel approach is the main road to effective and enduring outcomes. On the contrary, fragmentation of knowledge and excessive specialization without integration can pave the way to short‐term solutions and weak or vanishing improvements in the long run, with obvious costs for persons, families and the community.

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“…Others have pointed out the similarity between this concept and the systems theory concept of the double-bind (40). Bateson referred to the double bind as "some sort of tangle in the rules" or a confusion between the object language and the metalanguage such that several contradictory statements simultaneously direct a behaviour (41,42). The disorganized-disoriented infant provides a good example of a double bind: the infant is motivated to respond to a threat by seeking the protection and proximity of their primary attachment figure, but in doing so, they encounter not comfort and assuagement, but threat, fear, helplessness, alarm, panic, aggression, and so on-their attachment system is frozen by an unresolvable paradox due to self-contradictory statements.…”

Section: The Limits Of Discourse: Trauma Loss and Enactmentmentioning

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Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use: A Move to the Level of Systems

Lewis

2020

Front. Psychiatry

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This paper provides an account of the theoretical basis of a family-based intervention called Behaviour Exchange and Systems Therapy (BEST). The model described here has also been applied to adolescents with substance abuse and other mental health problems such as depression and anxiety disorders in both children and adolescents. Evaluative studies of the model have been published including randomised clinical trials as well as qualitative analyses. The current paper discusses a theory of the family system as a discourse and represents an integration of aspects of attachment, psychoanalytic, and systems theories. Key concepts elaborated are the attachment-family system, the family as a single discourse, the use of segregation as a defense in relation to trauma and loss and its manifestation in a family narrative, and the role of the family secure base in affect regulation. The paper also briefly describes specific treatment techniques that are derived from the theoretical model. Our approach has wide application as a discourse focused treatment for children and adolescents using a family systems approach. Future work requires the comparison of this model to similar attachment-based models of intervention for children and families, further development and validation of measures able to be used for whole families in a clinical setting, and further empirical demonstration of treatment efficacy in a variety of clinical settings.

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Steps to an Ecology of Psychotherapy: The Legacy of Gregory Bateson

Cited by 16 publications

References 54 publications

General system theory (GST) and a non‐reductionist concept of elements: Suggesting a corresponding discussion based on Tramonti (2019)

General system theory (GST) and a non‐reductionist concept of elements: Suggesting a corresponding discussion based on Tramonti (2019)

Systems thinking and the biopsychosocial approach: A multilevel framework for patient‐centred care

Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use: A Move to the Level of Systems

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