Psychological investigations : a clinician's guide to social therapy / Lois Holzman and Rafael Mendez, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holzman, Lois, 1946-

Mendez, Rafael, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social adjustment.

Social psychiatry.

Social networks--Therapeutic use.

Social networks.

Physical Description:

xvi, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

Psychological Investigations illuminates the core philosophical and political issues underlying the revolutionary and controversial practice of social therapy. Perhaps the most significant development in psychology in the postmodern era, social therapy is a philosophically informed method that is uniquely focused on the creative capacity of groups of people to perform their own emotional growth. Through dialogues drawn from transcripts of teaching and supervisory sessions between Fred Newman, the creator of social therapeutic group process, and therapists and therapists-in-training. Psychological Investigations reveals social therapy as an improvisational, investigatory, development-focused method of treatment. These engaging dialogues also explore the potential of social therapy in diverse practical contexts and serve as a rich illustration of the theory in practice. With an introductory overview by Lois Holzman and Rafael Mendez, this comprehensive and accessible guide presents a trenchant account of the development of social therapy and a provocative invitation to both new and seasoned professionals seeking alternative modes of practice and understanding. Psychological Investigations, the first comprehensive treatment of social therapeutic practice, moves social therapy to the foreground as a qualitative new way of doing therapy.

Contents:

The core issues of social therapeutic practice

The social therapeutic group process

Developing the social therapeutic relationship

Therapeutic challenges: people and situations

Social therapy integrated

Social therapy and philosophy (and politics).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205).

ISBN:

041594404X

0415944058

OCLC:

51258774