From Universe to Multiverses—and Back Again

• Published in: Family Process
• Main Author: TJERSLAND, ODD ARNE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1990
• Subjects: Norway; Sulitjelma; Tromsø
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1990.00385.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1545-5300.1990.00385.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1990.00385.x

A number of concepts and ideas from constructivist and second‐order cybernetic family therapy literature are presented and their implications for therapy are examined. I was inspired by and, in this article, refer to videotapes of consultations and therapy sessions shown at an international conference on constructivism and family therapy in Sulitjelma, Norway, June 1988, and to written material from the Tromsø group Andersen and Anna M. Flå), the Milan team (Luigi Boscolo and Gianfranco Cecchin), and the Galveston team (Harlene Anderson and Harold Goolishian). The article also represents an attempt to use constructivist concepts and ideas in a reflection on the author's own professional development as a psychologist and family therapist.