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In family therapy, the human mind is seen in relationships. Over the decades, family therapy has evolved from looking at the family system to emphasizing the centrality of language. It sees how each person uses their own stories to describe their own reality—for example, their family or their problems. A more recent dimension of psychotherapy and family therapy has been to focus on embodied synchrony: How the family and its participants in family therapy are in synchrony with each other. This synchronicity occurs in speech, autonomic nervous system function, body movements and gestures, facial movements, and the experiences of all participants in the meetings. The construction of the human mind in relationships also requires therapists to pay attention to bodily reactions in therapy sessions. We participate in dialogue by synchronizing with each other with our whole body, with all bodily functions.

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The Evolution of Family Therapy from Systemic to Embodied Sharing

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    2025年

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  • Jaakko Seikkula

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In family therapy, the human mind is seen in relationships. Over the decades, family therapy has evolved from looking at the family system to emphasizing the centrality of language. It sees how each person uses their own stories to describe their own reality—for example, their family or their problems. A more recent dimension of psychotherapy and family therapy has been to focus on embodied synchrony: How the family and its participants in family therapy are in synchrony with each other. This synchronicity occurs in speech, autonomic nervous system function, body movements and gestures, facial movements, and the experiences of all participants in the meetings. The construction of the human mind in relationships also requires therapists to pay attention to bodily reactions in therapy sessions. We participate in dialogue by synchronizing with each other with our whole body, with all bodily functions.