Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and MaritzaCrespo Balderrama, M.A. “Freedom is always the freedom of those who think differently.” (Rosa Luxemburg) November 26, 2021 A history of barbarism 23 years ago, a young 27-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter arrive for therapy. DTF Therapist: Welcome. The look on the girl´s face is of discomfort. Because of this feeling, instead of giving the mother to read the Informed Consent about confidentiality and the context of the therapeutic process, I choose to read it aloud for both of them. The lady is then asked to sign it. Including her data, address, and telephone. DTF Therapist: What do you expect to happen in this…

Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A “The child is a person, a subject, a human being… The free and responsible word liberates… The problem is what has not been said… You have to respect what is engendered… It takes great maturity to be able to be a father [mother] because it is about being aware that this is not a position of power, but a position of being to give, and we have no right to expect anything in return… Our role is not to wish something for someone but to accompany them so that they can achieve their desire… The worst thing for a child is…

Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. “If we want to protect life on this Earth, we can do so by questioning the current dangerous blindness wherever it is, first and foremost, in ourselves… Everywhere I look I find the commandment to respect parents and nowhere a commandment that compels respect for children.” (Alice Miller) October 29, 2021 If there is an experience of opprobrium and violation of the human rights of children and adolescents, it is sexual abuse; where the abused person is treated as an inanimate object, as an unclean thing, as something disposable. To begin, each time, to reflect on sexual abuse is to invite…

Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. «Praxis gives meaning to words.» (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Michael White – Narrative Therapy (February 5, 2021) We continue with Michael White, social worker and family therapist. (29 December 1948, Adelaide, South Australia. 4 April 2008, San Diego, California).    •       I work with stories of hope, love, and collaboration. I start from the premise that after each meeting with a consultant, I am becoming more than I was in the beginning. •          Priority is given to stories, narratives, as well as relational processes that influence the creation of meaning. •          “Every time we ask a question, we are generating a possible version…

Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Harlene Anderson (I) (January 8, 2021) We continue with Harlene Anderson, Ph.D. (Born December 1, 1942, in Houston, Texas, United States).  •          How can therapists and consultants create the types of relationships and conversations that allow all participants to access their creativity and develop possibilities where they did not seem to exist? The question contains the fundamental elements of this type of work: relationships, conversations, creativity, and the development of possibilities. •          Home is acceptance. •          An experience isn’t really meaningful until you find a home in language. •          These practices are not a…

Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. (December 2020) “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Tom Andersen (I) (December 11, 2020) We continue with Tom Andersen, Ph.D. (Born May 2, 1936, in Oslo, Norway, died on May 15, 2007, in Norway). Words are like hands with which we touch people’s faces.  And, at the same time, you can see people being touched by their own words. Do you know what is the most important thing that consultants are looking for in a therapeutic process? What do humans in our lives, therapists, and people in their contexts look for in every human interrelationship, what we need and value…

(November 13, 2020) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Dora Fried Schnitman, Ph.D. (I) We continue with Dora Fried Schnitman, Ph.D. (Posadas, April 3, Argentina). •          The generative perspective proposes that, through reflective dialogue and conversational learning, emerging processes and novel events can take place that promote the gradual co-construction of possibilities and alternatives over time to address the problematic situations and challenges that are presented to people in different contexts. It moves away from normative and deficit models and works with a logic of possibility and a positive resource-oriented framework… The beginning of a generative cycle facilitates the emergence…

(October 16, 2020) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. (October, 2020) “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Sheila McNamee (I) We continue our series of authors with Sheila McNamee, Ph.D. (July 28, 1954, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States). Some members of the Taos Community have expressed interest in the ideas of the Taos Institute as we engage with our communities. Instead of issuing transformative strategies or techniques, I propose the following as a series of fluid and flexible conversational resources. There are many ways in which any of the following issues can be achieved, thus facilitating the different perspectives of the members of your group. Resources are…