ABSTRACT
Social constructionism has provided a valuable framework for a social perspective on science. Its followers have questioned, and even been irreverent of, scientific theory and results. The therapist, an African-American man, was meeting with a Muslim family from Rwanda consisting of a mother, her sister, and three daughters. There was also a team of therapists watching through a one-way screen. In the more activist family therapy approaches, such as those of Minuchin and Satir, the therapists tend to be more interventionist and directive and this may involve physical touch if only fleetingly. In the image of the offering of food people saw a combination of a physical movement and an exchange of objects. Like food, other “things” are imbued with meaning when they are used, manipulated, or adorned in expression of the self and personhood. Embodiment is one aspect of existence in which people experience these similarities and this is why embodiment as framework has much to offer systemic psychotherapy.
