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1. Hierarchical and Heterarchical Organizations
Life allows hierarchical and heterarchical commands. If we consider the Midway battle in the Pacific Ocean, during the Second world war, we are told that in June 1942 the US Navy had her command ship …
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The spiritual dimension in psychotherapy[1]
Umberta Telfener[2]
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle” A. Einstein…
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At the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic he used to hold a seminar for students every Tuesday between 12 and 2 pm. We were asked to attend with our sandwiches; after ten minutes he would lock the door: if you were …
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Entering into a new context is no easy task for a mental health professional. Social and mental care workers enjoy wide appreciation within their profession; over the years, due to health service reorganization and spending cuts, their work has …
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From Systems Theory to Systemics
Some Remarks by Heinz von Foerster[1]Umberta Telfener[2]
As an Introduction
I met Heinz for the first time at a conference held by ISCRA systemic Institute in Modena, back in …
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“We don’t improvise by chance”
Stefano Bollani, jazziest piano player“We refuse to be what you want us to be, we are what we are,
and that’s the way it’s going to be” Bob Marley…
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Umberta Telfener
Clinical psychologist, teaches at the Post-Graduate School of Health Psychology of Roma La Sapienza
University, teacher of the Milan Centre of Family TherapyThis article addresses the question of the possible conditions required for mutual understanding between different cultures: …
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