contents of the workshop Family therapists are often eager to carry out the message: systemic working is important! And they love to see as many colleagues as possible being - at least a little bit - sensible to the context of the client by thinking and working systemic to some degree.
On the other  hand they claim that not just anyone can call himself a family therapist and that systemic work requires a certain amount of specificknowledge and skills.
So what does it actually take for a psychiatrist to work systemic, when is one prepared to invite a system?
Current family therapy handbooks provide dozens of models and interventions; most beginners will find themselves lost by only reading the table of contents.
Is it necessary that a psychiatrist learns all this before starting to practice and if not, just abandon the plan? Or can one learn some basic principles of systemic work in such a way that one is able to work with a family in a proper and responsible way? And then, what principles could be considered to be ‘basic’? All these questions will be discussed in this workshop.
A model will be presented that allows the psychiatrist to work systemically; a starter package (‘System therapy for Dummies’) that enables the enthusiastic beginner to start practicing in a systemic way by sharing knowledge and responsibility with those near and dear to the client.
format Interactive exchange of ideas based on case examples. Guidelines and tips will be presented in a short powerpoint presentation.
aim At the end of the session the participants will have knowledge about the principles of family therapy and how to apply these in psychiatric practice; participants will also have learned about what it takes to cooperate smoothly with the relatives of the patient.