@article{ref1,
title="Intervening briefly in the family system",
journal="International journal of social psychiatry",
year="1979",
author="Kazamias, N.",
volume="25",
number="2",
pages="104-109",
abstract="A brief therapeutic intervention in a family is presented with the use of the Synallactic Collective Image Technique (S.C.I.T.). The technique proves to be a very useful tool for therapeutic intervention along General System Theory lines. The S.C.I.T. makes use of family paintings as a 2nd catalyst (the first one being the therapist) of transaction. Five sessions were held over a period of about one month. The family paintings reflect the successive phases through which the family transaction proceeded: From a dry, unsatisfying, mutually destructive relationship with no hope for co-operation and survival, through a phase of resistance during which each one was able to see his predicament, through a final phase after the 'storm' where the sun rises for the first time and co-operation for fruitful exploration begins. It has been observed that such a brief and intense intervention could lead, with proper handling, to the reactivation of self-leading processes, which generate more functional transaction within the family system.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7640",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}