The New Language of Change, Constructive Collaboration in Psychotherapy

Friedman, Steven (editor); Foreword by Kenneth J. Gergen

ISBN 10: 0898621453 / ISBN 13: 9780898621457

Published by The Guilford Press, New York and London, 1993

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New York and London: The Guilford Press, 1993. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Inner hinges are perfect. Pages are fresh and crisp -- probably never read. List of references after each chapter. Epilogue. Index. First printing, with complete number row (987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original black cloth, with shiny metallic bluish silver lettering on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "This volume offers clinicians an inside view of the new perspectives that are transforming the field of psychotherapy." Contents: Part I) Paths to Solution: MAKING NUMBERS TALK: LANGUAGE IN THERAPY by Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de DeShazer; "Both/And" Solutions by Eve Lipchik; TAKE TWO PEOPLE AND CALL THEM IN THE MORNING: BRIEF SOLUTION-ORIENTED THERAPY WITH DEPRESSION by William Hudson O'Hanlon; AFTER THE SHIFT: TIME EFFECTIVE TREATMENT IN THE POSSIBILITY FRAME by Margot Taylor Fanger; ENHANCING VIEWS OF COMPETENCE by Michael Durrant and Kate M. Kowalski; SOLUTION-ORIENTED BRIEF THERAPY WITH DIFFICULT ADOLESCENTS by Matthew D. Selekman; TOWARDS A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING: CONSTRUCTING SOLUTIONS WITH FAMILIES by Cynthia M. Mittelmeier and Steven Friedman; Part II) Narratives of liberation: THE MONSTERS IN MY HEAD by Frank Langella; THE TURTLE WITH WINGS by Jennifer C. Friedman and Dean Lobovits; A NARATIVE APPROACH TO FAMILIES WITH ADOLESCENTS by Victoria C. Dickerson and Jeffrey L. Zimmerman; ESCAPE FROM THE FURIES: A JOURNEY FROM SELF-PITY TO SELF-LOVE by Steven Friedman; IN PURSUIT OF A BETTER LIFE: A MOTHER'S TRIUMPH by Sally Brecher and Steven Friedman; Part III) Reflexive Conversations: SEE AND HEAR, AND BE SEEN AND HEARD by Tom Andersen; ON A ROLLER COASTER: A COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO THERAPY by Harlene Anderson; TEKKA WITH FEATHERS: TALKING ABOUT TALKING (ABOUT SUICIDE) by Lynn Hoffman-Hennessy and Judith Davis; HELPING EMBATTLED COUPLES SHIFT FROM REACTIVE TO REFLECTIVE POSITIONS by P. Lynn Caeser; Part IV) The Postmodern Era, A Universe of Stories: SILENCED VOICES HEARD: A TALE OF FAMILY SURVIVAL by D. Donald Sawatzky and Thomas Alan Parry; WITHOUT A NET: PREPARATIONS FOR POSTMODERN LIVING by Thomas Alan Parry. First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xvi, 464pp. Seller Inventory # 005155

Bibliographic Details

Title: The New Language of Change, Constructive ...

Publisher: The Guilford Press, New York and London

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine condition

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket

Edition: First Printing of the First Edition.

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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.