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Network based therapy: theoretical outline of a support model for adults and adolescents struggling to cope

Network based therapy: theoretical outline of a support model for adults and adolescents... Purpose – The Service User Network (SUN) follows the ethos of the therapeutic community and draws upon coping theory and psychoanalytic understanding of personality disorder to provide a supportive group-based resource to adults struggling to cope. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The original SUN Project has been successfully replicated, with the further addition and integration of psychoanalytically – derived approaches to the treatment of personality disorder within that replication. The most notable theoretical additions come from the mentalization-based therapy model and the Independent School of Psychoanalysis. In this paper, the author expands the original description of the model to include these theoretical additions, together with a fuller account of the original tenets of the treatment paradigm than previously described. Findings – This provides an outline of a network-based therapy (NETBT) as a first stage in manualizing the model, as well as extending its use to support adolescents. Originality/value – Network-based therapy is a new, evolving group treatment for adolescents and adults struggling to cope. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Therapeutic Communities The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities Emerald Publishing

Network based therapy: theoretical outline of a support model for adults and adolescents struggling to cope

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
0964-1866
DOI
10.1108/TC-11-2014-0036
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Abstract

Purpose – The Service User Network (SUN) follows the ethos of the therapeutic community and draws upon coping theory and psychoanalytic understanding of personality disorder to provide a supportive group-based resource to adults struggling to cope. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The original SUN Project has been successfully replicated, with the further addition and integration of psychoanalytically – derived approaches to the treatment of personality disorder within that replication. The most notable theoretical additions come from the mentalization-based therapy model and the Independent School of Psychoanalysis. In this paper, the author expands the original description of the model to include these theoretical additions, together with a fuller account of the original tenets of the treatment paradigm than previously described. Findings – This provides an outline of a network-based therapy (NETBT) as a first stage in manualizing the model, as well as extending its use to support adolescents. Originality/value – Network-based therapy is a new, evolving group treatment for adolescents and adults struggling to cope.

Journal

Therapeutic Communities The International Journal of Therapeutic CommunitiesEmerald Publishing

Published: Sep 14, 2015

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