The following resources, useful for family therapists and trainee family therapists, illustrate two Reflecting Team variations - Reflecting Puppet Shows and Reflecting Role Plays. The extracts are taken from the film 'Therapeutic responses to families in crisis' which is an adapted version of the documentary film 'I hate mum' shown on BBC television way back in 2012.
VIDEO CLIPS
- Reflecting Puppet Show 1 (puppets as family members)
- Reflecting Puppet Show 2 (puppets as co-therapists)
- Reflecting Role Play (two therapists role play family members)
- The Family Therapy Team approach (short overview)
ARTICLES
- Reflecting Puppet Teams (2013) Similarities and differences between Reflecting teams and reflecting puppets shows in family therapy.
- Reflecting Role Plays (2013) This Reflecting Team variation is very suitable for older children and adults.
- Reflecting Puppet Shows & therapeutic letters (2016) A look at keeping children engaged between family therapy sessions by therapeutic letters (sent by puppet co-therapists).
- Therapeutic responses to families in crisis (2012) The inside story about a family therapy team's experience of making a documentary film for BBC television.
