Simon G M
Faculty, Family Studies, Inc., New York, NY.
Fam Process. 1993 Jun;32(2):147-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1993.00147.x.
The traditional definition of hierarchy in terms of power has rendered the image of the hierarchical therapist a fit subject for constructionist critiques. This essay uses an alternative definition of hierarchy, cast in temporal and developmental terms, as the basis for a revised understanding of the role of hierarchy in the therapeutic process. It is argued that when therapy is constructed as a "framing-developing hierarchy," rather than as a "power hierarchy," then constructionist aspirations to create a therapy that is nonjudgmental, nonpathologizing, and noncontrolling are realized.
传统上从权力角度对等级制度的定义，已使等级制治疗师的形象成为建构主义批判的合适对象。本文采用从时间和发展角度界定的等级制度的另一种定义，作为重新理解等级制度在治疗过程中作用的基础。有人认为，当治疗被构建为一个“框架 - 发展等级制”，而非“权力等级制”时，建构主义创造一种无评判、无病理化且无控制的治疗方法的愿望就能实现。
