The New Language of Change; Constructive Collaboration in Psychotherapy

Friedman, Steven

ISBN 10: 0898621453 / ISBN 13: 9780898621457

Published by The Guilford Press, New York, 1993

About this Item

Essays about the newer, post modern, solution oriented type of family therapy, where the clinician helps the patient focus on resources and strengths and establish goals for constructive change. Very good conditon, with some rippled pages at the end of the text, in a neer fine dust jacket with a bit of surface scuffing. 464 pp. Psychology, family therapy, mental health.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Language of Change; Constructive Collaboration in Psychotherapy
• Publisher: The Guilford Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898621453
• ISBN 13: 9780898621457
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: Second Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology

About this title

Synopsis

This volume offers clinicians an inside view of several new competency-based approaches that are transforming the field of psychotherapy. Unlike therapies that focus on deficits and dysfunction, this book describes approaches that build on client successes and strengths. Seen as a collaborative process in which therapist and client co-construct meaning in therapeutic conversation, the clinician acts as a facilitator who joins with the client to generate narratives of strength, hope, and optimism as alternatives to the dominant problem-saturated story. In-depth clinical examples demonstrate the application of these ideas. In addition, at the end of each chapter is an illuminating question-and-answer exchange between the editor and the chapter author, providing the reader with a uniquely personal view of the process of therapy.

About the Author

Steven Friedman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at Atlantic Counseling & Consultation in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and a senior consultant at Beacon Health Strategies in Boston. An active presenter of workshops and seminars on time-effective therapy and family therapy, Dr. Friedman serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Systemic Therapies.