The dialogical therapist : dialogue in systemic practice / Paolo Bertrando.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertrando, Paolo, Ph. D.

Series:

Systemic thinking and practice series.

Systemic thinking and practice series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family psychotherapy.

Group psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Several good books exist about systemic understanding in therapy and a few about dialogic understanding. However, none try to bridge the gap between these two world views, which have some similarities, but also a whole array of differences. This book is an attempt to find a bridge. According to systemic theory, we exist only in and because of the network of relationships we are embedded in. In dialogic theory, we inhabit different worlds, and we need dialogue (we need engaging in that hard struggle that is proper dialogue) in order to make them communicate with each other. Putting these different views together poses problems but provides a good dialogic exercise too. The author found it increasingly necessary as he felt more and more uncomfortable with the more conventional versions of Batesonian systemic wisdom he had adopted in previous years. At the same time he did not feel convinced by some of the new ideas about dialogue, where one was compelled to get rid of everything one thought valuable in systemic understanding."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; SERIES EDITORS' FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Introduction; 1. Understanding and influencing; 2. Text and context; 3. Practices and theories; 4. Hypotheses and dialogues; 5. Therapists and clients; 6. Frames and relationships; 7. Dialogues and systems; 8. Statements and questions; 9. Presence and absence; 10. Selves and technologies; Postscript; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-265) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-92046-6

0-429-90623-4

0-429-48146-2

1-283-06922-9

9786613069221

1-84940-557-3

9780429481468

OCLC:

723944629