What Gregory Bateson's thought brought about Japanese brief therapy

Abstract

This article is the summery of the 31st Family Psychological Association independent symposium. We examined the future direction of Japanese-style brief therapy, which does not adhere to a change too much, based on Bateson’s ideology. The contents of each topic provider are as follows. Kousuke Ishii presented the approach of the de-addiction to focus on the part which has already been changed. Masafumi Nakamura showed possibility of ‘do different’ based on Bateson’s multiplex description. Hiroki Nagaishi showed the significance of not changing in strong restriction of the palliative care unit. Hiroaki Matsumoto showed the directionality of the resource to entrust a pattern based on Bateson’s redundancy. Finally Kohei Sato who was a designated debater showed significance and a problem of the de-control-like approach as the common point of each topic provider.