This article examines the challenges posed by cross-cultural psychotherapy in a creolized
world, and the way this intersects with issues faced by the ethnographer. It proposes 'the …

Purpose–This paper seeks to examine the relevance of Bateson's ethnographic work to
systemic psychotherapy. Design/methodology/approach–The paper addresses this by …

A historical account of reflexivity in relation to cultural differences in systemic psychotherapy
must begin with Gregory Bateson and particularly with his several postscripts to his …

'I call creolization the meeting, interference, shock, harmonies and disharmonies between
the cultures of the world...[it] has the following characteristics: the lightening speed of …

The cross‐cultural clinical encounter is fraught with anxieties, fears, biases, and
misunderstandings that are experienced by both members of the therapeutic dyad. Through …

A poster recently appeared on some streets in Ultra-Orthodox (Hareidi) neighborhoods of
Jerusalem calling on passers-by to beware 'The Danger of Psychologists!'In slightly smaller …

This paper suggests that elaborating Winnicott's idea of “potential space” can provide a
conceptual approach to psychotherapy across the cultural divide. The first part of the paper …

Worldwide, increases in population growth and mobility have resulted in a society that is
increasingly multicultural in nature. Forced and voluntary migration, economic globalization …

This chapter derives from six months' participation in clinical group supervision as a
participating psychotherapeutic practitioner. These weekly sessions comprised three trainee …

The therapeutic relationship is increasingly becoming a central topic in systemic
psychotherapy and cross-cultural thinking. Here, experienced systemic psychotherapists …