Presenter: Not specified, but knowledgeable about Carl Tom's work.
Purpose: To introduce Carl Tom's IP scope from the "Mastering Competencies" textbook (4th edition).
Audience: Primarily aimed at those interested in marriage family therapy.
Overview of Carl Tom
Background: Family therapist, MD, based at University of Calgary.
Achievements:
Pioneered family counseling center with non-DSM5 diagnostic criteria.
Developed IP scope with colleagues Dan Sally St George, Dan Wolf, and Tom Strong.
Approach: Integrates systemic and postmodern perspectives.
IP Scope Model
Focus: Identifies interactional patterns across systems and problems.
Usage: Applicable to clients, couples, families, and individuals.
Nature of Patterns:
Interpersonal patterns (IPs): Recurrent and stable patterns in interactions.
Serviceable fictions: Used to aid therapy, not ultimate truths.
Types of Patterns
Pathologizing Interpersonal Patterns (PIPs): Increase negativity and suffering.
Healing Interpersonal Patterns (HIPs): Facilitate forgiveness and minimize PIPs.
Wellness Interpersonal Patterns (WIPs): Encourage competence, positivity, and intimacy.
Transforming Interpersonal Patterns (TIPs): Therapist actions that move PIPs to WIPs.
Deteriorating Interpersonal Patterns (DIPs): Slips from WIPs back to PIPs.
Sociocultural Interpersonal Patterns (SKIPs): Influenced by societal discourses.
Examples of Patterns
PIPs: Defending and criticizing, distancing and pursuing.
HIPs: Apologizing and forgiving, acknowledging competence.
WIPs: Constructive feedback, affection, and respect.
SKIPs: Influenced by beliefs like individualism vs. collectivism.
Practical Applications
Therapeutic Goals: Stabilize wellness patterns, identify and transform pathologizing patterns.
Circular and Reflexive Questions: Used to identify and reflect on patterns.
Cultural Considerations
Power Differentials: Addressed more comprehensively in modern systemic approaches.
Gender Roles: Impact interaction patterns significantly, whether heterosexist or egalitarian.
Conclusion
Carl Tom's IP Scope: Provides a comprehensive framework for understanding relational dynamics.
Utility: Useful across different therapeutic approaches and contexts.
Q&A Session: Addressed clarifications on IP scope terminology.
Final Thoughts
The IP scope is an integrative model that emphasizes understanding and transforming interpersonal and intrapersonal patterns to improve therapeutic outcomes.