Wanderings and Crossroads: Touch and Participation in Psychiatry and Other Peace Work

Wanderings and Crossroads: Touch and Participation in Psychiatry and Other Peace Work is made up of three unfinished manuscripts that Andersen was working on at the time of his death, deftly and expertly brought together by the volume editors, and published here in English for the first time.

Tom Andersen continues to have a huge influence on the systemic and family therapy field, and on mental health professions more broadly. This unique volume follows on from Andersen’s previous work with his renowned team in Troms , presenting the vital work they conducted. This book offers Andersen’s personal history and his development as a doctor and psychiatrist, in his own words, offering a theoretical, practical and autoethnographic insight into this pioneering figure.

This book invites readers into the practical and conceptual world of Tom Andersen and will be of interest to those involved in individual, family, group and network therapy and counselling.

Tom Andersen was Professor of Social Psychiatry at the Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway, and was the pioneer of reflective processes in therapeutic practices.

Magnus Hald is Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Medication Free Treatment Unit, University Hospital of North Norway.

Bengt Karlsson is Professor emeritus at the University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway.

Rolf Sundet is Professor emeritus at the University of South-Eastern Norway.