Tom Andersen’s scientific contributions

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The reflecting team: Dialogues and dialogues about the dialogues
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January 1991

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Tom Andersen

What happens when the barriers between therapists and clients are removed, when they all participate in a dialogue about change, and when therapists and clients even trade places? Operating within the reflecting team format, professionals meet clients without preexisting hypotheses. Together they engage in a conversation that becomes a search for the not-yet-seen and the not-yet-thought-of, as well as for alternative understandings of what has been defined as problematic. As clients and therapists trade places and various members of the entire group participate in conversations, the possibilities for change open wide. This book describes the evolution of this radical strategy in Tromsø, Norway, and its adaptation by various family therapists in the United States. It begins in Part I with a description of the setting in which the reflecting team developed and its history and evolution. Then basic concepts, practical considerations, and guidelines for practice are detailed. Part II contains Dialogues About the Dialogues, that is, reflections on the client-therapist-consultant-team dialogues that distinguish this innovative approach to therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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... Besides having the use of therapeutic interviewing as the primary intervention, narrative therapy also uses a particular reflecting team method called outsider-witness practice. The use of reflecting teams was first mooted by Tom Anderson [5,6], a Norwegian family therapist. It involves a small group of therapists listening to a therapist's session with clients. ...

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Comparison Between How Narrative Therapy and Buddhist Mantra-Based Meditation Promote Mental Healing
The reflecting team: Dialogues and dialogues about the dialogues
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  • January 1991