Organizational & Educational Readings

Agazarian (1992). Friends Series I. System-centered theory & practice: The contribution of Yvonne Agazarian. London: Karnac Books. Available with permission of publisher.

Agazarian, Y.M. (1996a). An up-to-date guide to the theory, constructs and hypotheses of a theory of living human systems and its systems-centered practice. SCT Journal, 1 (1), 3-12.

Agazarian, Y.M. & Philibossian, B. (1998). A theory of living human systems as an approach to leadership of the future with examples of how it works. In E. Klein, F. Gabelnick & P. Herr (Eds.), The psychodynamics of leadership. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press.

Agazarian, Y.M. & Gantt, S.P. (2000). Autobiography of a theory, London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Agazarian, Y.M. (2001). A systems-centered approach to inpatient group psychotherapy. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Agazarian, Y.M. & Gantt, S.P. (2003). Phases of group development: Systems-centered hypotheses and their implications for research and practice. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice, 7(3), pp.238-252.

Agazarian, Y.M. & Gantt, S.P. (2005b). The systems perspective. In S. Wheelan (Ed.), Handbook of Group Research and Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications. Available with permission of publisher.

Agazarian, Y.M. (2010). Systems-centered theory and practice: The contribution of Yvonne Agazarian (Edited by SCTRI.) Livermore, CA: WingSpan Press. Reprint (2011). London: Karnac Books.

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (2004). Systems-centered emotional intelligence: Beyond individual systems to organizational systems. Organizational Analysis, 12 (2), 147-169. Available with permission of publisher.

Gantt, S.P. (2005). Functional role-taking in organizations and work groups. Group Psychologist(APA Division 49 newsletter), 15(5), 15. Available with permission of publisher.

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (Eds.) (2005). SCT in action: Applying the systems-centered approach in organizations. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse. Reprint (2006). London: Karnac Books.

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (2007). Phases of system development in organizational work groups: The systems-centered approach for intervening in context. Organisational & Social Dynamics, 7(2), pp. 253-291. Available with permission of publisher.

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (2010). Developing the group mind through functional subgrouping: Linking systems-centered training (SCT) and interpersonal neurobiology.  International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 60(4), pp. 514-545. doi: 10.1521/ijgp.2010.60.4.515

Gantt, S.P. (2011). Systems-centered approach to groups. In J. Kleinberg (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of group psychotherapy. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Gantt, S.P. & Agazarian, Y.M. (2011). The group mind, systems-centred functional subgrouping, and interpersonal neurobiology. In E. Hopper & H. Weinberg (Eds.), The social unconscious in persons, groups, and societies: Volume 1: Mainly theory (pp. 99-123). London: Karnac Books.

Gantt, S.P. (2009). The clinical pastoral circle: Using systems-centered methods to develop a clinical pastoral team. In C.F. Garlid, A.A. Zollfrank & G. Fitchett (Eds.), Expanding the circle: Essays in honor of Joan Hemenway. Decatur, GA: JPCP, Inc.

Koprowska, J. (1999) Videotapes: Moving images: The teaching and learning of interviewing skills in a university social work department.  Facts, Feelings and Feedback: A collaborative approach to direct observation Available from the author at: University of York , Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Heslington, York , YO10 5DD , UK - cost $50 for each set.

O'Neill, R.M. & Constantino, M.J. (2008). Systems-centered training groups' process and outcome: A comparison with AGPA institute groups. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 58, pp. 77-102.

Philbossian, B. (1996). Organizational application of the concept of functional subgrouping. SCT Journal, 1 (1), 62-64b.

Solomon-Gillis, C. & Trey, B. (1997). Applying systems-centered theory (SCT) to organizational consulting. SCT Journal, 2 (1), 39-42.

Tschuschke, V. (1997). A summary of process-outcome relationships in a systems-centered group compared with the effects of other special interest groups (SIG groups) at the 1996 AGPA Institute. SCT Journal, 2, 61-63.