This paper presents two accounts of therapeutic work using Minecraft with families that include autistic children and children with ADHD. These accounts show how a popular videogame can be adapted to become the site for systemic interventions and a reflective space for families to explore strengths, difficulties, and relationships. With preparation, a range of systemic techniques and practices - including externalisation, sculpting, circular and reflexive questioning, and perspective-taking exercises - can be adapted for and implemented within the game. The paper outlines how these approaches were integrated into online systemic therapy, how practical and safety considerations were addressed, and how the families experienced the process. In both accounts, Minecraft provided an accessible, engaging, and flexible environment that supported therapeutic aims while also fostering moments of shared enjoyment, creativity, and bonding. The paper concludes by inviting practitioners to consider Minecraft as a medium for creating more inclusive and accessible services for families that include autistic children and children with ADHD.

This paper describes the development of a scale for measuring systemic supervision which is called the Systemic Supervision Rating Scale (the 3D‐SSRS). This scale was developed through a thematic synthesis of the systemic supervision literature, which included 137 papers on the subject. The scale was then subjected to a face validity investigation via a series of qualitative focus groups. These groups included both supervisors of supervision and students on an AFT Accredited Supervision training. Focus groups were held at the beginning and at the end of the course to understand how useful the 3D‐SSRS was to supervision practice. The 3D‐SSRS uses a seven‐point scale to rate supervision practice and prioritises qualitative comments in 11 dimensions, including the supervisory relationship, context of supervision, developmental stage of supervisee, development of systemic skills and thinking, and attention to power and difference. Practitioner points Systemic supervision draws on knowledges and skills unique to systemic practice within specific contexts. A new Systemic Supervision Rating Scale (the 3D‐SSRS) has been developed for use in clinical and training contexts of supervision. Initial investigations into the usefulness and face validity of the scale find it able to capture many of the unique aspects of systemic supervisory practice. More research is needed into what makes for effective live supervision, perhaps unique to systemic supervisory practice, and supervision provided to groups.

Journal of Family TherapyEarly View BOOK REVIEW Reibstein, J. and Singh, R. (2021) The Intercultural Exeter Couples Model: making connections for a divided world through systemic-behavioral therapy. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell £18.43 Mark Rivett, Corresponding Author M.J.Rivett@exeter.ac.uk orcid.org/0000-0003-4618-6368 Co-Director of Systemic Portfolio, University of ExeterSearch for more papers by this author Mark Rivett, Corresponding Author M.J.Rivett@exeter.ac.uk orcid.org/0000-0003-4618-6368 Co-Director of Systemic Portfolio, University of ExeterSearch for more papers by this author First published: 13 September 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12368Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation

Like a meteor hitting the earth’s surface, 44, 131 ‡ unexpected deaths have shaken, disturbed, and saddened the core of our nation. This reflection considers the consequences of the coronavirus crisis in the UK with particular reference to the impact on families and on the practice of family therapists. The perspective presented can only be partial because of the fast‐changing situation and the limited access to alternative perspectives that are available during this period of relational lockdown. The author provides a systemic understanding of what has happened and what is happening.

This special issue of the Journal of Family Psychotherapy was initially conceived at the 2019 World Family Therapy Congress sponsored by the International Family Therapy Association (IFTA) in Aberd...

The following is an account of how a story was used in the therapy of a young woman who was struggling with an eating disorder. It is structured around mirrors, different worlds and the use of words to reach beyond words. In the interests of literary innovation, the beginning and middles are interwoven. But the end is the end.

Please watch the following short video advertisement for the book, featuring the Editors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ApHAQIMzQ&feature=youtu.be Relationships are a resource for healing a range of psychological difficulties. This is the fundamental principle of family therapy, an increasingly influential form of psychotherapy that is building up a strong evidence base in a range of psychological problems across the life cycle. Family Therapy Skills and Techniques in Action is both a guide to a variety of family therapy techniques and a review of their history. It provides a thorough explanation of the techniques, explaining their origins and use in contemporary family practice, whilst guiding readers in learning new skills. The authors provide film examples and transcripts of the techniques in action so that readers can develop their skills in a practical way. The book is divided into sections that describe and demonstrate skills such as: Assessing a family; Building a therapeutic relationship with multiple family members; Enactment; Reframing; Using circular questions; 'Externalising' the problem; Using family therapy skills in individual work; Understanding and utilising systemic supervision. Family Therapy Skills and Techniques in Action will be an essential practical manual for a range of family therapy skills which can be used in family work by family practitioners from a variety of backgrounds: counsellors, support workers, social workers, psychologists, generic therapists and nurses.

This short essay explores some of the assumptions enbedded within 'Family therapy and fundamentalism' from the perspective of a person of faith. It questions the usefulness of the term 'fundamentalist families' and highlights the systemic interaction between the secular and religious worlds.

This paper describes the process involved in turning a Jātaka tale from an historical text into a story fit for telling to a contemporary audience. The authors are storytellers within the UK storytelling tradition who were invited by an academic translator of the Jātakas to perform the stories as a ‘knowledge exchange’ event funded by the University of Edinburgh. The paper describes how the storytellers adjusted one of the Jātakas (the Vessantara Jātaka) in order to make the story accessible for a twenty-first-century Western audience. The description of the translation process (from text to performance) provides a tool to increase the popularity of the Jātakas in the West, but may also offer insights to the academic translators of the tales about their performativity.

Journal of Family TherapyVolume 35, Issue 2 p. 117-118 Editorial Family therapy in medical contexts Mark Rivett, Mark RivettSearch for more papers by this author Mark Rivett, Mark RivettSearch for more papers by this author First published: 15 April 2013 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12014Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume35, Issue2May 2013Pages 117-118 RelatedInformation

Journal of Family TherapyVolume 34, Issue 1 p. 1-3 Editorial Working with the doldrums in therapeutic practice Mark Rivett, Mark RivettSearch for more papers by this author Mark Rivett, Mark RivettSearch for more papers by this author First published: 25 January 2012 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6427.2011.00583.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume34, Issue1February 2012Pages 1-3 RelatedInformation