Announcements and Plenary Address – Anthrotherapy: Reflections of Research and Clinical Work Research
Location
Knight Auditorium
Format Type
Plenary
Start Date
January 2011
End Date
January 2011
Abstract
I see myself working as a therapist and as a researcher at the same time continually. I have suggested the term "anthrotherapist" for this approach. I have worked in this integrated way for the last 15 years and would like to share my experience. Part of my approach comes from the way I want to and must participate in my Arab community. I am a trusted participant in my small community, and that is indispensable for functioning as a therapist and as a researcher. The professional contract is much more personal in my community than might be the case in other societies. I learn about people's problems not only from clinical experience but from my knowledge of their wider social context. Also, people in therapy are eager to tell their personal and social concerns, problems, thought, norms, attitudes, ideology and ideas for change - that makes them eager 'research assistants'. As an "anthrotherapist" I use experiences from wide range of cases to teach me about the psycho-social condition of society and I embrace new clients with this cumulative knowledge from my research conclusions about society. Examples from 15 years of integrated research and therapy works will be shared.
Announcements and Plenary Address – Anthrotherapy: Reflections of Research and Clinical Work Research
Knight Auditorium
I see myself working as a therapist and as a researcher at the same time continually. I have suggested the term "anthrotherapist" for this approach. I have worked in this integrated way for the last 15 years and would like to share my experience. Part of my approach comes from the way I want to and must participate in my Arab community. I am a trusted participant in my small community, and that is indispensable for functioning as a therapist and as a researcher. The professional contract is much more personal in my community than might be the case in other societies. I learn about people's problems not only from clinical experience but from my knowledge of their wider social context. Also, people in therapy are eager to tell their personal and social concerns, problems, thought, norms, attitudes, ideology and ideas for change - that makes them eager 'research assistants'. As an "anthrotherapist" I use experiences from wide range of cases to teach me about the psycho-social condition of society and I embrace new clients with this cumulative knowledge from my research conclusions about society. Examples from 15 years of integrated research and therapy works will be shared.