Network based therapy: theoretical outline of a support model for adults and adolescents struggling to cope-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Network based therapy: theoretical outline of a support model for adults and adolescents struggling to cope

Published:2015-09-14 Issue:3 Volume:36 Page:145-162
ISSN:0964-1866
Container-title:Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities
language:en
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Author:

Jones Barry

Abstract

Purpose – The Service User Network (SUN) follows the ethos of the therapeutic community and draws upon coping theory and psychoanalytic understanding of personality disorder to provide a supportive group-based resource to adults struggling to cope. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The original SUN Project has been successfully replicated, with the further addition and integration of psychoanalytically – derived approaches to the treatment of personality disorder within that replication. The most notable theoretical additions come from the mentalization-based therapy model and the Independent School of Psychoanalysis. In this paper, the author expands the original description of the model to include these theoretical additions, together with a fuller account of the original tenets of the treatment paradigm than previously described. Findings – This provides an outline of a network-based therapy (NETBT) as a first stage in manualizing the model, as well as extending its use to support adolescents. Originality/value – Network-based therapy is a new, evolving group treatment for adolescents and adults struggling to cope.

Publisher

Emerald

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Psychology,Health Professions (miscellaneous),Pshychiatric Mental Health

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