Special Section in JST about using microanalysis for supervision and training
Three new articles are featured including contributions from some very experience SF researchers
Our good friends at the Journal of Systemic Therapies have just produced a special section (edited by Ann Rambo, Nova Southeastern University) on using microanalysis for supervision and training.
Abstract
This special section focuses on applying microanalysis to video recordings of actual practice as a component of training and supervision in psychotherapy or coaching. We present two articles in which authors report their experiences and a “classic” microanalysis research article (Jordan et al., 2013) that has underpinned developments in training. All three articles use the structured, theoretically grounded microanalytic lens. This lens stipulates a disciplined, utterance-by-utterance approach for observing video recorded practice: (1) focus on specific moments in the interaction, (2) notice what is observable in those moments, and (3) interpret utterances in their sequential context. While disciplined, the microanalytic lens is only descriptive; thus, for training and supervision, one requires a means for incorporating the aims of the therapeutic approach. Viewing dialogue through the microanalytic lens offers insight about what interlocutors are achieving together; incorporating professional aims offers a means for reflecting on practice.
The special section includes an introduction by Jennifer Gerwing, Peter De Jong and Sara Healing, and three articles:
Integrating Theory and Practice: Using Microanalysis in Psychotherapy Training to Transform Abstract Concepts Into Specific Behaviors by Karin Thorslund (currently free access!)
https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2024.43.3.28
Microanalysis of Positive and Negative Content in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Expert Sessions by
Sara Smock Jordan, Adam S. Froerer and Janet Beavin Bavelas
https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2024.43.3.50
Using Microanalysis in Solution-Focused Psychotherapy Training: A Description of Two Thesis Modules by Peter Sundman, Jennifer Gerwing and Sara Healing
https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2024.43.3.64
The abstracts can be read online for free. Apart from the article by Karin Thorslund which is currently free access, the other pieces require a subscription or purchase to access the full text.
JSFP regulars will recognise some old friends and colleagues among the authors of this special section! Well worth diving into, particularly for those interested in microanalysis.
