Storymaking: In-between anthropological enquiry and Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy |
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Authors: | Salma Siddique |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Life, Sport and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University , Edinburgh , Scotland , UK s.siddique@napier.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | The author discusses the relationship between anthropological enquiry and Transactional Analysis (TA) counselling and psychotherapy practice. Both disciplines of anthropology and TA offer an exploration of the individual's story. The concept of in-between-ness can add an extra dimension to working with clients in acknowledging the place of the client's story and the psychotherapist's role in witnessing as a way of making meaning of the whole. Ethnographical extracts are examined to illuminate how the application of anthropological insights and concepts can enhance TA psychotherapy practice. |
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Keywords: | anthropological enquiry Transactional Analysis (TA) storymaking in-between-ness bricolage |
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