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Family Therapy in Mental Health

Family Therapy in Mental Health THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF FAMILY THERAPY Volume 33 Number 2 2012 pp. 99–100 c The Authors 2012 doi 10.1017/aft.2012.12 Editorial completion of assigned homework tasks and through the extended support and cohesion of the group. While the study found no link between the level of group cohesion and homework completion, it did link the former with spontaneous between-session therapeutic activity. That is, the effective component of MFGT is not just problemsolving, but support provided by an extended family group network. The article by Jenny Snowdon and Elmarie Kotz´ draws on qualitative research and e family therapy practice in New Zealand to examine the experiences of non-custodial mothers who no longer have everyday care of their children. Taking a narrative and poststructuralist perspective it discusses non-resident mothers’ positions, outside taken-for-granted and familiar mothering practices. It addresses themes of financial positioning, non-residence viewed as sense of failure (‘bad mother’) and actions that recognise and resist an outside position. This challenging account of ‘motheringon-the edge’ offers a personal, professional and political perspective of motherhood, which is illustrated by a narrative therapy application. In their article, Caroline Stock, Sarah Mares and Gary Robinson describe a structured group intervention using http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
2012 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1017/aft.2012.12
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Abstract

THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF FAMILY THERAPY Volume 33 Number 2 2012 pp. 99–100 c The Authors 2012 doi 10.1017/aft.2012.12 Editorial completion of assigned homework tasks and through the extended support and cohesion of the group. While the study found no link between the level of group cohesion and homework completion, it did link the former with spontaneous between-session therapeutic activity. That is, the effective component of MFGT is not just problemsolving, but support provided by an extended family group network. The article by Jenny Snowdon and Elmarie Kotz´ draws on qualitative research and e family therapy practice in New Zealand to examine the experiences of non-custodial mothers who no longer have everyday care of their children. Taking a narrative and poststructuralist perspective it discusses non-resident mothers’ positions, outside taken-for-granted and familiar mothering practices. It addresses themes of financial positioning, non-residence viewed as sense of failure (‘bad mother’) and actions that recognise and resist an outside position. This challenging account of ‘motheringon-the edge’ offers a personal, professional and political perspective of motherhood, which is illustrated by a narrative therapy application. In their article, Caroline Stock, Sarah Mares and Gary Robinson describe a structured group intervention using

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family TherapyWiley

Published: Jun 1, 2012

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