Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy最新文献

{"title":"Locating Stories: Trauma, Healing, Decolonising—Willakay, Narrative Practice and the Movements of Location, Dislocation and Relocation","authors":"Ana Draper","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this paper, I use Location, Dislocation and Relocation (LDR) as a narrative and social constructionist approach from which I explore storytelling and meaning-making. It describes LDR as a method to enable the reader to familiarise themselves with this narrative construct. It enables the reader through a clinical description to orientate to the process of LDR in the action of clinical endeavour. I then go on to explore my own stories of LDR and to bring different Indigenous understandings to the process, what location is as a place, what stories are and what type of knowing there is. I explore colonisation and acts of resistance we can use to support something other to emerge. In the process, I introduce descriptions of decolonising as a practice and what that looks like in the clinical example I give. The paper concludes with an invitation to continue to use LDR with each other as a form of story that is full of action and intent.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147315425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Family Scripts in Contemporary Family Therapy Practice","authors":"Charlie Nys,&nbsp;Peter Rober","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70064","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The history of the mental health sciences includes numerous instances where parents were unjustly blamed for their children's psychological distress. From its inception, family therapy moved away from linear causal, intrapsychic explanations to emphasise complex family dynamics. However, systemic perspectives may still have unintentionally sustained a culture of blame. In contemporary Western society, high expectations around ‘good parenting’ place considerable pressure on parents to create ideal conditions for their children's development, often leaving them feeling insecure and inadequate. While guilt can motivate reparative actions, it becomes counterproductive when internalised as a fixed parental identity. This article explores how transgenerational family scripts provide a contextual lens for reflecting on difficult family interactions, while aiming to minimise the reinforcement of negative self-perceptions. It highlights the importance of acknowledging societal pressures in therapy to help parents navigate personal and social expectations. A case study illustrates the ongoing relevance of family scripts in systemic practice.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147299794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Empire to Emancipation: Potential Decolonial Pathways in Family Therapy","authors":"Dwight Turner","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Family therapy, like any other theory within the helping professions, is as moulded by the systems of colonisation. This paper, which explores how this occurred, utilises client material to explore just how we might recognise, challenge and decolonise the ideas that have shaped our profession. Although presented through the lens of individual psychotherapy work, the author recognises that family therapy is well-positioned in this regard and encourages readers to use their undoubted talents to challenge the structures that inhibit us as we work with clients from other varying cultures.</p>","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anzf.70066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147315426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Note-Taking: A Collaborative Weaving of Narrative Stories and Te Tiriti o Waitangi","authors":"Laura Green,&nbsp;Caroline Day,&nbsp;Chris White","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Therapeutic note-taking practices can be critical sites where colonisation is perpetuated, Indigenous knowledges and practices are discounted and pathologised, and records about whaiora are created without their input. However, a therapeutic note-taking practice that resists these discursive practices is possible. The article argues for a weaving together of narrative therapy and Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the foundational agreement of Aotearoa (New Zealand). We use the metaphor of weaving of a kākahu (a treasured woven Māori cloak) as an invitation to kaiwhirirwhiri (counsellors) to reflect on the philosophies and ideas that underpin their note-taking practices. We offer an explanation of an approach that weaves together an honouring of Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the whenu (foundational threads) and the collaborative and anti-individualising principles of narrative therapy, which serve as the aho (the horizontal weaving threads), ensuring the process honours the storyteller's own language and expertise. Weaving together Te Tiriti o Waitangi and narrative therapy invites re-authoring of the purpose of note-taking. It moves beyond records of deficit to the creation of a therapeutic taonga (treasure) co-authored with the people who consult us. Lastly, this article reframes note-taking as an act of kaitiakitanga (guardianship), a sacred responsibility to ensure that the stories of individuals and whānau (families) are protected, honoured and reflective of their enduring strength and agency.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147320807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Behind the Silence: Siblings' Experiences of Addiction in the Family","authors":"Lisa Bonaci,&nbsp;Ingrid M. Lanfranco","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70054","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study explores siblings' experience of living with a sibling suffering from a substance use problem. In-depth interviews were conducted with six siblings recruited through purposeful sampling. The interpretation of this interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) study was supported by social constructionist, attachment and resilience theories. Eight superordinate themes emerged from this analysis, highlighting the experience of these participants. These themes outline the losses and challenges experienced within the household, the impact these had on participants' emotional and physical wellbeing, as well as the shifts in family relationships, which contributed to them feeling forgotten. Also reflected in this study is how siblings adopted different roles to support their family members and protect themselves. Participants' coping skills and resilience are also highlighted. The findings highlight recommendations for future research, along with a discussion of the study's strengths and limitations, and its implications for training and practice.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147275102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Co-Creating a Fifth Province: A Spiritual, Indigenous and Systemic Space of Practices in an Irish Context","authors":"Imelda McCarthy","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper shows the journey of the author through her engagements with her own Indigenous traditions, literature and systemic practices within Ireland. Initially, this journey was undertaken to deconstruct the hold of an Anglo–American–European orientation within the family therapy field in the early 1980s. Given the country's long 800-year history of colonisation by the English, the work of the author and her early colleagues was (a) to insert an Irish way of ‘seeing’ and ‘speaking’ in order to (b) deconstruct colonial traces in our culture and to (c) de-pathologise the offerings of clients who sought therapeutic help or indeed were mandated to attend. Eventually, the metaphor of the fifth province will also be shown to open itself to the author's spiritual practices and to a way of Being in therapeutic conversations.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147275101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Doing Hope in Troubled Times","authors":"Lizette Nolte","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70058","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, hope is critically considered within the context of the persistent impact of colonisation, neoliberalism and rising fascism. The following question is asked: In these troubling times, can we, and should we, hope? The urgent case for hope is then made, before a more systemic, relational, decolonised hope is proposed as a viable way of doing hope together.</p>","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anzf.70058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146155159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Practical Guide to Family Therapy: Structured Guidelines and Key Skillsedited by Wallis, A. James, K. Rhodes, P., 2nd ed., Routledge, 2024. ISBN: 978-1-032-78983-5","authors":"Lauret Allen","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146139392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Te Whare Pouhāpai: A Te Ao Māori and Narrative Approach to Talking About Skills and Wonderfulness","authors":"Matthew Deverell,&nbsp;Kahurangi Tipene","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Narrative therapy conversations seek to develop and enrich the strengths, skills and values people hold that can be storied through wonderfulness interviews. The practice of wonderfulness interviews requires therapists to draw on decolonising discourses and resist discourses that may individualise and essentialise skills, values and attributes. Taking up a decolonising discursive position in Aotearoa New Zealand involves the ongoing restoration and uplifting of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge). This article lays out a decolonising therapeutic approach, weaving Māori worldviews and narrative therapy in order to respond to two key questions. The first is how can we speak about the wonderfulness of rangatahi Māori (Māori young people) in ways that strengthen their cultural identity? The second, how can rangatahi take up the idea of a poho kererū (pride—see glossary for explanation) whilst also holding onto hūmārie/whakaiti (humbleness)? The article introduces Te Whare Pouhāpai (A House of Support), an approach to engage rangatahi alongside their whānau (family) in wonderfulness conversations. The approach has been developed alongside rangatahi and whānau Māori in both wharekura (Māori medium schools) and kura auraki (mainstream schools) but is still relevant for pākeke (adults). Central to this approach is the metaphorical use of te whare tūpuna (ancestral house), representing the influential figures in the life of rangatahi. The pou (posts/carvings) of the whare (house) become entry points for conversations that explore collective mana (strength, prestige and ability), uara (values), intergenerational knowledge, pūmanawa (skills passed down) and pūkenga (skills). The approach honours multiple forms of mana, recognising that identity and ability are shaped relationally, not individually. Whakataukī (proverbs), the metaphor of the whare tūpuna, and mātauranga Māori are presented to guide ways of understanding identity and wonderfulness. Together, these whakaaro (ideas/thoughts) construct an approach that can assist therapists to resist dominant discourses that individualise strengths, skills and wonderfulness.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146139391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"International Family Systems Therapy: Global Perspectives on the Healing Power of FamiliesBy Maurizio Andolfi, Peter Fraenkel and Antonello D'Eli (eds.), Routledge, 2025, 420 pp., ISBN: 978-1-03-287008-3","authors":"Jason Lim","doi":"10.1002/anzf.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.70063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51763,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146147985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}