Clinical Readings

Agazarian, Y.M. (1987). The difficult patient, the difficult group. In Symposium: A discussion of the videotapes of a difficult group. Group: The Journal of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society 2 (4), 205-216.

Agazarian, Y.M. (1996b). Systems-centered therapy applied to short-term group and individual psychotherapy. SCT Journal, 1 (1), 23-34

Agazarian, Y. M. (1999b). Systems-centered supervision. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 49 (2), 215-236.

Agazarian, Y. M.  (1999c). Systems-centered therapy. In J. Donigian & D. Hulse-Killacky, Critical incidents in group therapy. Belmont , CA : Wadsworth Publishing Co..

Agazarian, Y.M. & Byram, C. (2009). First build the system: The systems-centered approach to combined psychotherapy. Group, 33(2), 129-148.

Ganley, R. (1997). Psychological and psycho-educational evaluations: increasing the permeability of the reality-irreality and person-self boundaries. SCT Journal, 2, 34-38.

Gantt, S. P. (1996). Defense analysis: Linking SCT theory and practice - cognitive defenses. SCT Journal, 1(1), 35-40.

Gantt, S. P. (1997). Similarities and differences. SCT Journal, 2, 23-30.

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (Eds.) (2006). SCT in clinical practice: Applying the systems-centered approach with individuals, families and groups. Livermore, CA: WingSpan Press.

Gantt, S.P. & Hopper, E. (2008a). Two perspectives on a trauma in a training group: The systems-centered approach and the theory of incohesion (part I). Group Analysis, 41(1), pp. 92-106. doi: 10.1177/0533316408088416

Gantt, S.P. & Hopper, E. (2008b). Two perspectives on a trauma in a training group: The systems-centered approach and the theory of incohesion (part II). Group Analysis, 41(2), pp. 123-139. doi: 10.1177/0533316408089879

Gantt, S.P. & Adams, J.M. (2010). Systems-centered training for therapists: Beyond stereotyping to integrating diversities into the change process. Women & Therapy, 33(1), pp.101-120.doi 10.1080/02703140903404812

Goldberg, S. (1997). Module 1 defense modification: Its application for short-term individual and group psychotherapy. SCT Journal, 2, 31-33.

Ladden, L. J., Gantt, S. P., Rude, S. & Agazarian, Y. M. (2007). Systems-centered therapy: A protocol for treating generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, (37)2. Available with permission of publisher.

McCluskey, U. (2002). The dynamics of attachment and systems-centered group psychotherapy. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice. 6 (2), 131-142.

McCluskey, U. (2005). To be met as a person: The Dynamics of Attachment in Professional Encounters. London: Karnac Books.

McHenry, I. (1997). Integrating and transforming grief: A phenomenological account of a member's experience in a systems-centered group. SCT Journal, 2, 58-60.

Michael, T.A. (1997). Does that dream have a subgroup? The use of dreams in systems-centered theory. SCT Journal, 2, 18-22.

O'Neill, R. (1996). Building an historical-empirical context for the systems-centered theory and practice. SCT Journal, 1 (1), 19-22.

O'Neill, R. (1997). Systems-centered theory and the trans-theoretical stages of change: Building a bridge of theory and data. SCT Journal, 2, 11-17.

Robbins, M. (1996). Group therapy for body, mind and spirit: A systems-centered approach. SCT Journal, 1 (1), 57-61.

Robbins, M. (1997) Contacting the numinous and creative work at the edge of the unknown in a systems-centered therapy context. SCT Journal, 2, 52-57.