Origins and Originality in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice

Maria Borcsa, Dipl.-Psych., PhD, is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences in Nordhausen, Germany. She is also a Licensed Psychological Psychotherapist and Family Therapist, international trainer and supervisor (approved by Thuringian Ministry for Social Affairs, Family and Health), and has received an EAP European Certificate for Psychotherapy. She is also involved as a member of the Systemic Society, German Association for Systemic Research, Therapy, Supervision and Counselling; Member and board member of EFTA (since 2007), Chair of the Chamber of National Family Therapy Organizations of EFTA (2010-2013), and President of EFTA (since 2013). Dr. Borcsa is also a founding member of the Institute for Social Medicine, Health Care Research and Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Nordhausen; Co-editor of the scientific Journals 'Systeme' (2001 -2014) and 'Psychotherapie im Dialog' (since 2007) and a Member of the Editorial Board of  the Journal 'Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology'.

Peter Stratton, PhD, Dip Psychotherapy, FBPsS, is an Emeritus Professor of Family Therapy. He is a Systemic Family Therapist and developmental psychologist with broad research interests and involvement in statutory processes that affect families. His research includes development of an outcome measure for families in therapy (the SCORE project); the effects of basing training on concepts of active learning and the dialogical construction of self; attributional analyses of family causal beliefs and blaming; applications of systemic science to family wellbeing. He is Joint Editor of the journal Human Systems; Chair of European Family Therapy Association Research Committee and recently Academic and Research Development Officer for the Association for Family Therapy and Chair of the  UKCP Research Faculty. Founding Director of Leeds Family Therapy and Research Centre and Managing Director of The Psychology Business Ltd.