Back to Reality: A Critique of Postmodern Theory in Psychotherapy
Language: English
Published by WW Norton & Co, 1995
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This work provides an analysis of postmodern/narrative theory, with its underlying antirealist/constructivist philosophy that the subject makes rather than discovers reality. The author sees the ascent of this theory as a misguided attempt to solve a recalcitrant problem within psychotherapy: how to achieve a theory that attends to the uniqueness of each client and yet preserves a systematic, replicable enterprise. As an alternative she introduces readers to the integrative/eclectic therapy movement and proposes a "modest realism".
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- Title
- Back to Reality: A Critique of Postmodern Theory in Psychotherapy
- Author
- Barbara S Held
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393701921
- ISBN 13
- 9780393701920
The author critiques postmodern/narrative theory, with its underlying antirealist/constructivist philosophy that the knower makes rather than discovers reality. As an alternative, she introduces readers to the integrative/eclective therapy movement and proposes "modest realism."
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