Irreverence : A Strategy for Therapists' Survival / Gianfranco Cecchin, Gerry Lane, Wendel A. Ray ; foreword by Bradford P. Keeney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cecchin, Gianfranco, author.

Lane, Gerry, author.

Ray, Wendel A., author.

Contributor:

Keeney, Bradford, 1951- contributor.

Series:

Systemic thinking and practice series.

Systemic thinking and practice series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (99 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Irreverence: A strategy for Therapists' Survival marks the end result of a collaboration between the creative and highly respected therapists and writers in the family therapy field. It continues the tradition of the Milan group and later systemic thinkers to examine the way a therapist's own thinking can block the process of therapy and lead to feeling stuck. The authors define and demonstrate the use of a concept in the therapeutic field: Irreverence, which allows therapists to free themselves from the limitations of their own theoretical schools of thought and the familiar hypotheses they apply to their client families. They illustrate their ideas with some very challenging family therapy cases, such as violence and incest, and include an interesting consultation with the staff caring for a hospitalized patient. The book also extends the notion of irreverence beyond therapy to the fields of training and research where its application is both fresh and profound."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; EDITORS' FOREWORD; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE: The idea of irreverence; CHAPTER TWO: Irreverence and violence; CHAPTER THREE: Irreverence in institutions: survival; CHAPTER FOUR: Suggestions for training; CHAPTER FIVE: Some considerations for research; CHAPTER SIX: Random closing meditations; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-429-91525-X

0-429-90102-X

0-429-47625-6

1-283-11837-8

9786613118370

1-84940-140-3

9780429476259

OCLC:

727649370