Family sculpting: II. Some practical examples |
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| Authors: | Jeff Hearn Marilyn Lawrence† |
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| Institution: | School of Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP.;Department of Social Studies, West London Institute of Higher Education, 300 St Margaret's Road, Twickenham, Middlesex. |
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| Abstract: | This paper reviews a number of practical examples of family sculpting to illustrate possibilities for its use described in a general way in an earlier companion article (Journal of Family Therapy (1981) 3: 341–352). Examples are considered first in relation to generic practical possibilities for sculpting: structural analysis and diagnosis, the inescapability of the concrete, the portrayal of ambiguity. A second set of examples is considered in relation to major practical contexts of sculpting: with children, with students, with workers. The paper concludes with a discussion of the complexity of family sculpting and a comparison of the structural interpretation of sculpting offered here with Papp et al. 's notion of choreography. |
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