A note from our founder Chiara Santin
I have considerable experience in teaching and training systemic theories and skills as I have been teaching since 2008. I am visiting lecturer for the Tavistock, currently teaching on the Foundation and Intermediate course in Brighton. I am also a lecturer and tutor with Frontline, a social work training organisation, which is training social workers in the whole UK.
Prior to this I was a lecturer and tutor at the Institute of Family Therapy, London, for four years teaching for the Graduate Certificate in Systemic Practice, between 2008 and 2013. I also taught the Foundation Course for a social care agency based in London through the Tavistock in 2014.
I have delivered several systemic workshops in Jersey for the local Association of Family Therapy on systemic theories and skills between 2015-2018 which helped to create interest in systemic practice and led to establishing the foundation Course now offered by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. I have developed a tailor-made training programme in systemic practice for children’s homes in East Sussex and fostering agencies.
I am passionate about systemic ideas and creativity and I love writing. Over the years I have published several papers on the national Family Therapy magazine, Context, in Human Systems and Murmurations, as follows:
Publications
Journal/Year
Muddles and struggles of a trainee researching race and culture: implications for family therapy training
Context, 97
(June 2008)
My journey across systemic training: from ugly duckling to elegant swan
Context
December 2009
There is no such a thing as the perfect question
Context
April 2011
A training tutorial on solution-focused therapy: a forum of voices sharing their reflections
Context
February 2012
Working systemically with groups
Context
June 2012
A troubled family therapist undercover: Some reflections on working with ‘troubled families’ in a statutory agency
Context
February 2014
Ethical dilemmas and challenges of a supervision group in a statutory service
Context
August 2014
Through the haziness of what is systemic: a critical self-reflective question
Context
December 2015
Dominant discourses about change and the impact of restructuring on power relations in public services in UK
Human systems: the journal of therapy, consultation and training 2016
vol 26(2): 221-238
Migration as intergenerational emotional homelessness: a personal story
Human systems: the journal of therapy, consultation and training 2016
vol 27(3): 289-294
Un-professional hug
Context
October 2018
My English professional self lost in translation with an Italian client
Murmurations, 2018
vol 1(2)
The FUN Multi-group Family therapy project
Context
February 2019
Being systemic as a way of life: reflections on a trip to China
http://murmurations.cloud/ojs/index.php/murmurations/issue/view/2
Murmurations, 2019
vol 2(1)
I have also presented at national and international conferences on a variety of topics as follows:
Conference
Title of presentation
Place
Month/Year
International Conference on Bridging the gap between Science and Art
From biological systems to human systems: art as a language to expand therapeutic possibilities.
Sirolo(Ancona), Italy
May 2014
Association of Family Therapy National conference
Workshop on “Kiting in the park: working creatively with adoptive families”
Dunblane, Scotland
September 2017
International conference on Social Services in Europe
A systemic analysis of key dominant discourses about change and the impact of restructuring processes on power relations in a statutory child protection agency in UK
Bratislava
November 2014
SEPAN (South East Post Adoption Network) Conference on Adoption disruption
The NVR approach to child to parent violence and a pilot project with adoptive families in East Sussex
London
November 2014
First National conference on NVR (Non-violent Resistance) Approach
Successes, Failures and unexpected outcomes: a case study on NVR with an adoptive family
London
November 2014
Association of Family Therapy National conference
Workshop on being a political activist
Canterbury
September 2015
European Association of Family Therapy International conference
Workshop 1: Taking therapy outdoor: a pilot project
Workshop 2: Working in people’s homes: the reversed ethics of hospitality
Naples,Italy
September 2019
If you are interested in tailor-made training sessions, whole day, half a day or 2-3 hours I will be delighted to discuss your needs.
