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This chapter discusses key epistemological and social issues contributing to the ways in which the field of couple and family therapy has remained anthropocentric and discusses how both Gregory Bateson and a decolonization perspective offer a biocentric view in line with ecological systemic thinking. Clinical vignettes are included to illustrate implications for a systemic eco-informed approach to therapy.
This chapter is a reprint with minor modifications from: Hernandez-Wolfe, P. (2018). Ecoinformed couple and family therapy, systems thinking, and social justice, Ecopsychology, 10(3), 151–157, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, New Rochelle, NY. https://doi.org/10.1089/eco.2018.0009.
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Hernandez-Wolfe, P. (2019). Eco-Informed Couple and Family Therapy, Systems Thinking, and Social Justice. In: Laszloffy, T., Twist, M. (eds) Eco-Informed Practice. AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14954-3_4
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