Dr. Carlos E. Sluzki is a Professor at George Mason University with joint appointments at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and the School of Public Policy.
This article presents the conclusions of a group that met as part of the 1999 IFTA Congress in Akron, Ohio. The group explored the implications and responsibilities of enhancing our awareness about both societal and ...
This ethnographic vignette details the way a difficult crisis in an extended Kosovar family was managed by its own members within the mandates of that overtly patriarchal culture while creating important avenues for change. ...
The mystified reality, restricted options and inherent risks of living in countries under a repressive political regime translate into survival tactics that reduce the reliance on social support, into semantic and cognitive ...
After a general Introduction to the construct "social networks," this article discusses the progressive transformation of the personal social network--family, friends and acquaintances, work and leisure relationships, et ...
On June 1984, in Santa Fe, capital of the province of the same name, in Argentina, I delivered a keynote presentation at the First Annual Congress of the Argentine Federation of Systemic Associations. This family therapy ...
Problematic/symptomatic behaviors are embedded, retained and maintained in collective stories. Therapy is the transformative process by which patients/families and therapists co-generate qualitative changes in those stories. ...
Three strategies to claim a piece of territory in the increasingly populated field of Family therapy are spelled out and exemplified for easy use by readers.
The patient-provider-translator triad constitutes a frequent configuration in the provision of health care in cross cultural settings. Specific recommendations are offered in order to maximize the provider-translator ...