| Lea Šugman Bohinc, PhD, Associate Professor room no.: 17 telephone: +386 (0)1 2809252 e-mail: Lea.SugmanBohinc@fsd.uni-lj.si work sphere: epistemology of helping professions (social counselling, psychotherapy, social pedagogy) and education (teaching and learning, supervision), cybernetics and synergetics of psychosocial support and help, narrative, dialogic and solution-focused approaches to psychosocial support and help, group work, social cultural work, group work with expressive and creative media, social work in involuntary interactions, school counselling, participatory scientific research, bridging the gap between micro and macro practice of social work | |
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activity: Associate Professor Lea Šugman Bohinc, PhD, is a psychologist, systemic psychotherapist, teacher and supervisor of systemic psychotherapy, and university lecturer at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana. Her teaching, research and professional work focuses primarily on the epistemology of the helping professions, social constructionism, cybernetics and synergetics, epistemic and hermeneutic justice, and narrative, dialogical and solution-focused approaches to psychosocial support and help. collaboration on projects: Project Coordinator: • Revision and Development of Study Programmes at All Three Levels of Social Work Education (ESS_VS-06-10, 2006–2007), project coordinator at the Faculty of Social Work Research and Project Team Member: • Delivery of Training Services for Professionals at Centres for Social Work for the Introduction of New Approaches to Working with Families Facing Multiple Challenges (2026–2029); project leader: Associate Professor Nina Mešl, PhD • Support in the Implementation of the CSD Gorenjska Pilot Project “Mobile Service for Supporting Families Facing Multiple Challenges” (2022–2026); project leader: Associate Professor Nina Mešl, PhD • Supporting Families in the Community: Co-creating Desired Changes to Reduce Social Exclusion and Strengthen Health (2015–2016); project leader: Nina Mešl, PhD • Professional Foundations for the Further Development and Implementation of the Concept “Learning Difficulties in Primary School” (2008–2011); project leader: Professor Marija Kavkler, PhD; leader of the Faculty of Social Work project team: Associate Professor Gabi Čačinovič Vogrinčič, PhD • Psychological Aspects of Coping with Stress in the Performance of Assignments Abroad (2006); project leader for the second project partner: Bernard Stritih, PhD • Prevention of Family Pathologies: Community Building (2005); Jožef Stefan Institute and Faculty of Social Work; research leader: Associate Professor Manca Košir, PhD • History of Social Work in Slovenia: Its Beginnings and Impact on Social Development (2004–2007); project leader: Professor Darja Zaviršek, PhD • Contextual Methods in Social Work (2001–2004); project leader: Associate Professor Vito Flaker, PhD • Effectiveness of Conversation in Social Work with Families (in Psychosocial Helping Interaction) (1999); research leader: Associate Professor Gabi Čačinovič Vogrinčič, PhD • Evaluation of Social Work with Families at Centres for Social Work (1998); research leader: Associate Professor Gabi Čačinovič Vogrinčič, PhD • Internal Dialogue in the Family and the Development of Social Support Networks for Families in Crisis in Slovenia (1996); project leader: Bernard Stritih, PhD • Modernisation of the Study Process and Improvement of Study Effectiveness (1995); project leader: Professor Barica Marentič-Požarnik, PhD Project Leader of a Non-funded Research Project: • Social Work with Involuntary Service Users / Working with Involuntary Clients in Slovenia (2007), project leader of a non-funded research project. The research introduced at the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education; Social Justice through Social Reform, Chicago, Illinois, 17.2.2007. bibliography: COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY: SICRIS / COBISS SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Šugman Bohinc, L. (1994). Social cultural work. Socialno delo (Social Work Journal), 33(4), 317–324. Šugman Bohinc, L. (1996). Conceptualisation of consciousness and perception in the language of second-order cybernetics. Psihološka obzorja (Horizons of Psychology), 5(4), 61–71. Šugman Bohinc, L. (1997). Epistemology of social work. Socialno delo (Social Work Journal), 36(4), 289–308. Šugman Bohinc, L. (1998). Epistemology of social work II. Socialno delo (Social Work Journal), 37(6), 417–440. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2000). Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with the client system. Psihološka obzorja (Horizons of Psychology), 9(2), 87–101. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2000). Cybernetics of change and stability. Socialno delo (Social Work Journal), 39(2), 93–107. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2003). Story-telling in social counselling and psychotherapy. Socialno delo (Social Work Journal), 42(6), 377–383. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2005). Epistemology of support and help. Časopis za kritiko znanosti, domišljijo in novo antropologijo (Journal for Science Criticism, Imagination and New Anthropology), 33(221), 167–181. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2006). Social work with involuntary service users. Socialno delo (Social Work Journal), 45(6), 345–355. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2010). From objectivism to constructivism and social constructionism in systemic psychotherapy. Kairos. Slovenian Journal of Psychotherapy, 4(1–2), 51–65. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2011). Synergetics of co-creating support and help. In L. Šugman Bohinc (Ed.), Individual Working Project of Help. Collection Students with Learning Difficulties (pp. 36–69). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Work. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2013). Childhood and the child's voice in old and new research on children. In T. Kodele (Ed.) et al., Child's Voice in the Process of Learning and Help: Manual for Kindergartens, Schools and Parents (pp. 65–78). Ljubljana: Zavod Republike Slovenije za šolstvo. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2013). Synergetics of learning and help in school. In T. Kodele (Ed.) et al., Child's Voice in the Process of Learning and Help: Manual for Kindergartens, Schools and Parents (pp. 98–135). Ljubljana: Zavod Republike Slovenije za šolstvo. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2016). Social Work – the Science, Profession and Art of Complex Dealing with Complexity. In N. Mešl & T. Kodele (Eds.), Co-creating Processes of Help: Collaboration with Families in the Community (pp. 41–63). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Work. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2016). Synergetic collaborative model of family social work in the community and society. In T. Kodele & N. Mešl (Eds.), Families with Multiple Challenges: Co-creating Help in the Community (pp. 113–134). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Work. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2016). Cybernetics and Synergetics as Foundations for Complex Approach Towards Complexities of Life. Constructivist Foundations, 11(3), 530–532. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2017). Social Work in the Process of Implementing Ideals for a Just Society. Socialno delo (Social Work Journal), 55(5–6), 221–238. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2019). Gregory Bateson – visionary, misunderstood and disregarded creator of steps to an ecology of mind. Kairos. Slovenian Journal of Psychotherapy, 13(1–2), 119–137. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2020). Invitation to an inspiring journey to the ecology of relationships. Constructivist Foundations, 16(1), 113–115. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2020). Social work in international context. Innovative blended learning collaborative approach. In J. M. L. Ferreira & M. J. B. Pena (Eds.), Social Work Education: Co-creating an Innovative Model for International Context (pp. 61–98). Lisboa: ISCTE-IUL. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2024). Collaborative social work: Bridging the individual and society. Constructivist Foundations, 20(1), 1–12. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2024). Author’s response: Bridging paradigms: The postmodern shift toward relational and collaborative social work. Constructivist Foundations, 20(1), 29–32. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2025). Skupinska dinamika v sodelovanju tima v socialnem delu (Group dynamics in team collaboration in social work). In T. Rape Žiberna & A. Jurček (Eds.), Teamwork in Social Work (pp. 123–162). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana. Šugman Bohinc, L. (2025). Vodenje tima v socialnem delu: sistematično nesistematični sodelovalni pristopi k vodenju kompleksnosti (Team leadership in social work: Systematically non-systematic collaborative approaches to managing complexity). In T. Rape Žiberna & A. Jurček (Eds.), Teamwork in Social Work (pp. 237–276). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana. In co-authorship: Šugman Bohinc, L., Možina, M., & Stritih, B. (1999). Wie verstehen Experten und freiwillige Sozialarbeiter die Probleme junger Familien in Slowenien? In J. Zelger & M. Maier (Eds.), GABEK Verarbeitung und Darstellung von Wissen (pp. 251–258). Innsbruck, Wien: Studien.Verlag. Čačinovič Vogrinčič, G., & Šugman Bohinc, L. (2000). Effectiveness (successfulness) of conversation in social work with families. Socialno delo (Social Work Journal), 39(3), 175–189. Šugman Bohinc, L., & Kobal, L. (2003). Presentation of psychotherapy evaluation research in Slovenia. Proceedings of the 2nd Study Days of the Slovene Umbrella Association for Psychotherapy (pp. 18–24). Maribor: Slovene Umbrella Association for Psychotherapy. Možina, M., & Šugman Bohinc, L. (2004). Systemic psychotherapy of severe and recurrent mental disorders. In S. Avberšek & V. Švab (Eds.), Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Psihosocialna rehabilitacija) (pp. 110–117). Ljubljana: ŠENT – Slovene Association for Mental Health. Šugman Bohinc, L., & Kordeš, U. (2004). Second-order cybernetics: its implications and applications for science. In R. Trappl (Ed.), Cybernetics and Systems 2004. Vol. 1–2: Proceedings of the Seventeenth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, held at the University of Vienna, Austria, 13–16 April 2004 (pp. 120–123). Vienna: Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies. Šugman Bohinc, L., Rapoša Tajnšek, P., & Škerjanc, J. (2007). Life World of a Service User: Exploration, Assessment and Planning the Use of Resources to Accomplish Desired Outcomes (Življenjski svet uporabnika: raziskovanje, ocenjevanje in načrtovanje uporabe virov za doseganje želenih razpletov). Collection Katalog socialnega dela. Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Work. Šugman Bohinc, L., & Miškulin, I. (2024). Hermeneutic psychotherapy: Collaborative, dialogical and epistemically just approach to psychosocial distress and mental disorders. Kairos – Slovenska revija za psihoterapijo (Kairos – Slovenian Journal of Psychotherapy), 18(1–2), 44–73.
Announced topics or areas of research, diploma and master's theses: • epistemology of the helping professions in theory and practice | |