Arresting Moments in the Construction of Change in Family Therapy
Keywords:
Family, Family therapy, Case studyAbstract
Considering social constructionist contributions, this study intents to comprehend the meaning making process about change in family therapy. We analyzed the therapeutic process of a family based on the transcripts of video-taped sessions. Anchored in the social poetics practice, we aimed to identify some arresting moments of the therapeutic process lived by the therapists and the family members. Our analysis pointed out that the conversational construction of the therapeutic change was marked by the displacement from an individual problem discourse to one of shared responsibility, in which the definition of the problem as something individual was deconstructed and began to be done in more relational terms. We concluded that the therapists’ efforts in the construction of a dialogic and non-judgmental atmosphere were fundamental for the emergence of meanings of change.
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