Abstract
In this chapter, the editors provide a brief history of the family therapy (FT) field as it relates to and intersects with the field of ecology. They also share how they each came to do research and clinical work in the area of eco-informed FT, as well as how they came to know each other. In addition, the case begins to be made for the need for a book of this kind, and the chapter closes with a summary of each of the remaining chapters that follow in this one-of-a-kind edited work.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Bateson, G. (1972). Steps to an ecology of mind: Collected essays in anthropology, psychiatry, evolution, and epistemology. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Blumer, M. L. C., Hertlein, K. M., & Fife, S. T. (2012). It’s not easy becoming green: Student-therapist perceptions of family therapy in an eco-sustainable age. Contemporary Family Therapy, 34(2), 72–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-012-9175-9
Becvar, D. S. (2009, October). Providing news of difference: Family therapy through the years. Plenary session address at the annual meeting of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Sacramento, CA.
Buzzell, L., & Chalquist, C. (Eds.). (2009). Ecotherapy: Healing with nature in mind. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.
Davis, J. L., Green, J. D., & Reed, A. (2009). Interdependence with the environment: Commitment, interconnectedness, and environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29, 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.11.001
Fisher, A. (2013). Radical ecopsychology: Psychology in the service of life (2nd ed.). New York, NY: State University of New York Press.
Hardy, K. V., & Laszloffy, T. A. (1992). Training racially sensitive family therapists: Context, content, and contact. Families in Society, 73(6), 364–370.
Hardy, K. V., & Laszloffy, T. A. (1994). Deconstructing race in family therapy. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy: An International Forum, 5(3–4), 5–33. https://doi.org/10.1300/J086v05n03_02
Hardy, K. V., & Laszloffy, T. A. (1995). The cultural genogram: Key to training culturally competent family therapists. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21(3), 227–237. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1995.tb00158.x
Hardy, K. V., & Laszloffy, T. A. (2002). Couple therapy using a multicultural perspective. In A. S. Gurman & N. S. Jacobson (Eds.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy (pp. 569–593). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Kahn, P. H., & Hasbach, P. H. (Eds.). (2012). Ecopsychology: Science, totems, and the technological species. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Kuehl, B. (2009, October). Re-membering couple and family therapy. Opening plenary session address at the annual meeting of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Sacramento, CA.
Laszloffy, T. A. (2009). Remembering the pattern that connects: Toward an eco-informed M/CFT. Contemporary Family Therapy, 31, 222–236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-009-9092-8
Laszloffy, T. A. (2015). Therapists’ awareness and responsibility to planetary suffering: Adopting an eco-informed approach to family practice. Panel session at the annual meeting and open conference of the American Family Therapy Academy, Vancouver, WA.
Laszloffy, T. A., & Hardy, K. V. (2000). Uncommon strategies for a common problem: Addressing racism in family therapy. Family Process, 39(1), 35–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2000.39106.x
McGeeney, A. (2016). With nature in mind: The ecotherapy manual for mental health professionals. London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Nemeth, D. G., Hamilton, R. B., & Kuriansky, J. (Eds.). (2015). Ecopsychology: Advances from the intersection of psychology and environmental protection. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Corporate.
Nisbet, E. K., Zelenski, J. M., & Murphy, S. A. (2009). The nature relatedness scale: Linking individuals’ connection with nature to environmental concern and behavior. Environmental Behavior, 41, 715–740. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916508318748
Ray, W. A. (2007). Bateson’s cybernetics: The basis of MRI brief therapy: Prologue. Kybernetics, 36(7/8), 859–870.
Roszak, T. (2001). The voice of the earth: An exploration of ecopsychology. Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press.
Roszak, T., Gomes, M. E., Kanner, A. D., Brown, L. R., & Hillman, J. (1995). Ecopsychology: Restoring the earth, healing the mind. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books Publication.
West, R. (2007). Out of the shadow: Ecopsychology, story, and encounters with the land. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Twist, M.L.C., Laszloffy, T.A. (2019). Introduction. 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_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14954-3_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-14953-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-14954-3
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and PsychologyBehavioral Science and Psychology (R0)