Therapeutic Conversations de Stephen Gilligan

Therapeutic Conversations

Stephen Gilligan

Reese E. Price

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mar 2024

Rarely is a book generated by a conference as good or better than the genuine thing. Therapeutic Conversations is this and more. A star-studded cast of theorists and practitioners talk about generating possibilities through therapeutic conversations. Each presentation is accompanied by a reflective commentary, and often the presenter s commentary on this commentary blending to sharpen the ideas and capture the essence and spirit of the conference s conversational style. Unquestionably, Therapeutic Conversations has to be the best source available for bringing into focus the similarities and the differences among these contributors. Where else can you eavesdrop on what White thinks of de Shazer or what de Shazer thinks of what White thinks of de Shazer Harlene Anderson, Ph.D., Houston Galveston Institute"

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On the leading edge of the new solution-oriented and narrative approaches, this book presents groundbreaking work converging around the idea that psychotherapy is primarily a special kind of conversation that elicits clients' strengths, competencies, and solutions. The therapist is seen as an expert in creating conversations that reveal clients' expertise and empower them to change. The book was conceived around a conference that took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 1992. In the meeting rooms and the hallways, over morning coffee and late into the night, the conversations among all conference participants - presenters and attendees - were intense and dynamic. People engaged in ongoing conversations about therapy, defining and redefining their positions in, as Bill O'Hanlon has called it, "the third wave" of psychotherapy. Readers will sense the flavor and excitement of those Tulsa discussions in the dialogue of chapters and commentaries in Therapeutic Conversations. Here contributors not only present their latest views on ways to empower clients but also discuss such issues as positioning of the therapist, time as a dimension in psychotherapy, the uses of rituals and stories, and the differences been "exceptions" and "unique outcomes". Representing various perspectives on narrative, conversational, and solution-focused therapies, the contributors include, among others, Bill O'Hanlon, Steve de Shazer, John Weakland, Michele Weiner-Davis, and Stephen Gilligan. There is a distinctly international flavor, with contributions from Karl Tomm of Canada, Michael White of Australia, and David Epston of New Zealand. Whether venturing into the Theoretical Conversations of Part I or the ClinicalApplications of Part II, readers will find themselves stimulated not only to try new ways to converse therapeutically but also to participate in the continuing conversation that defines the practice of psychotherapy.