Catherine Sanders

Worth a Third Read: Six Readers Recall Articles from the AJFT and ANZJFT

Six readers were asked to recall papers from earlier issues of this journal and to write briefly about what made these papers stand out in their minds. These readers have also been unable to resist the temptation to mention other papers which they would like to have had the time to discuss as well!

The Fight That Gives Hope: An Interview with Israel Charny

Israel Charny, Associate Professor of Psychology at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work of Tel Aviv University, Director of two university-affiliated family therapy programmes, and Director of the Institute of Holocaust & Genocide in Jerusalem, visited Australia in August 1988 and presented a series of workshops across the country. A major focus of the presentation given in Adelaide was the indivisible connection between the victim of violence, the victimiser who perpetrates it, and the bystander who observes and fails to take protective action. This concept in its broadest sense, at the clinical, organisational and social levels provided a framework for the material in the first part of this article taken from the Adelaide Workshop, and the interview which follows.

Working With a Deadly Serious Problem - An Interview With Brian Cade

Brian Cade is an internationally respected family therapist, noted for his work with teams and the one-way screen, for the creative use of metaphor and humour, and strategic interventions. Yet our interview, squeezed into a lunch-break in the middle of a workshop held in Adelaide in September 1984, touched none of these. Instead we talked of the nuclear issue and beneath this discussion ran basic questions all therapists should ask of themselves — What is the appropriate role of the therapist? Should a therapists own strong values have a place within therapy? And how can the therapist make an impact on society?