"It is not just about doing or saying the right things": Working systemically with parents whose children are placed in public care. Issue 3 (12th February 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "It is not just about doing or saying the right things": Working systemically with parents whose children are placed in public care. Issue 3 (12th February 2021)
- Main Title:
- "It is not just about doing or saying the right things": Working systemically with parents whose children are placed in public care
- Authors:
- Syrstad, Ellen
Ness, Ottar - Abstract:
- Abstract : Abstract: This article explores the possibilities of a systemic approach in the support of parents whose children are placed in public care. The article is based on a qualitative study interviewing six parents who have received support from Norwegian Family Counselling Services (FCS) and seven systemic family therapists from FCS. Both groups were interviewed individually and in focus groups. The findings suggest that parents experienced less judgement from therapists in FCS than from caseworkers in CPS. Even if it could be challenging, the systemic therapists found a systemic approach useful to help parents develop agency and make meaning of their lives, as the parents struggled to have agency and understand why their children were placed in care. The article concludes that systemic approaches can be useful in these cases, combined with appropriate child protection interventions as necessary. It is a challenge for the Child Protection Services (CPS) to support parents after their children are placed in public care. Parents' feelings of powerlessness towards the CPS made them align with the CPS's requirements even when they did not understand or disagreed with the requirements. Systemic family therapy seems to be a promising approach for working with parents to explore their own narratives, to improve and contextualise their meaning‐making. 摘要:Abstract : Abstract: This article explores the possibilities of a systemic approach in the support of parents whose children are placed in public care. The article is based on a qualitative study interviewing six parents who have received support from Norwegian Family Counselling Services (FCS) and seven systemic family therapists from FCS. Both groups were interviewed individually and in focus groups. The findings suggest that parents experienced less judgement from therapists in FCS than from caseworkers in CPS. Even if it could be challenging, the systemic therapists found a systemic approach useful to help parents develop agency and make meaning of their lives, as the parents struggled to have agency and understand why their children were placed in care. The article concludes that systemic approaches can be useful in these cases, combined with appropriate child protection interventions as necessary. It is a challenge for the Child Protection Services (CPS) to support parents after their children are placed in public care. Parents' feelings of powerlessness towards the CPS made them align with the CPS's requirements even when they did not understand or disagreed with the requirements. Systemic family therapy seems to be a promising approach for working with parents to explore their own narratives, to improve and contextualise their meaning‐making. 摘要: 本文探讨是否可能用一种系统方法来支持孩子被安置在公共福利体系的父母。本文基于一项质性研究,访问了6位接受挪威家庭咨询服务(FCS)支持的父母,以及FCS的7名系统家庭治疗师。两组分别接受了单独访谈和焦点小组访谈。研究结果表明,在FCS中,父母从治疗师那里受到的评判要比从CPS的个案工作者那里得到的少。虽然可能很难,但系统治疗师仍然发现了一个系统方法,有助于帮助父母发展能动性和理解自己的生活,因为这些父母还在挣扎着发展自己的能动性以及理解为什么他们的孩子被放入了公共福利体系。本文的结论是,在这些情况下,系统方法是有用的,必要时应结合适当的儿童保护干预措施。 从业者要点: 在儿童被放入公共福利体系后,儿童保护服务机构(CPS)如何为父母提供支持,这是一项挑战。 父母对CPS的无力感使他们与CPS的要求保持一致,即使他们不理解或不同意这些要求。 系统家庭治疗似乎是一种很有希望的方法,可以与父母一起探索他们自己的叙述,改进其寻找意义的过程并将其置于背景中。 Resumen: Este artículo explora las posibilidades de un enfoque sistémico en el apoyo a los padres cuyos hijos están bajo cuidado público. El artículo se basa en un estudio cualitativo que entrevistó a seis padres que recibieron apoyo de los Norwegian Family Counseling Services (FCS) y siete terapeutas familiares sistémicos de los FCS. Ambos grupos fueron entrevistados individualmente y en grupos focales. Los resultados sugieren que los padres experimentaron menos juicio de los terapeutas en los FCS que de los trabajadores sociales en el Sistema Protección a la Infancia. Incluso siendo algo realmente difícil, los terapeutas sistémicos encontraron un enfoque sistémico útil para ayudar a los padres a desarrollar la responsabilidad y dar sentido a sus vidas, en momentos en los que los padres luchaban por tener responsabilidad y entender por qué sus hijos fueron colocados bajo cuidado público. El artículo concluye que los enfoques sistémicos pueden ser útiles en estos casos, combinados con intervenciones adecuadas de protección infantil según sea necesario. Puntos de implicación práctica: Es un desafío esencial para los Servicios de Protección Infantil apoyar a los padres después de que sus hijos son colocados en cuidado público. Los sentimientos de impotencia de los padres hacia los Servicios de Protección Infantil los hicieron alinearse con los requisitos impuestos, incluso cuando no entendían o no estaban de acuerdo con esos requisitos. La terapia familiar sistémica parece ser un enfoque prometedor para trabajar con los padres en la exploración de sus propias narrativas, para mejorar y contextualizar su construcción de significado. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of family therapy. Volume 43:Issue 3(2021)
- Journal:
- Journal of family therapy
- Issue:
- Volume 43:Issue 3(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 43, Issue 3 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 43
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0043-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 458
- Page End:
- 468
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02-12
- Subjects:
- child protection services -- knowledge -- power -- qualitative research -- Systemic family therapy
系统家庭治疗 -- 儿童保护服务 -- 质性研究 -- 权力 -- 知识
Terapia familiar sistémica -- servicios de protección infantil -- investigación cualitativa -- poder -- conocimiento
Family psychotherapy -- Periodicals
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- DOI:
- 10.1111/1467-6427.12339 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0163-4445
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