Michael White
Michael White, one of the founders of narrative therapy, is back with his first major publication since the seminal Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, which Norton published in 1990.More
Marjorie Holiman
This is the evocative story of one therapist's experiences with
violence.
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David Epston, Jennifer Freeman, Dean Lobovits
The "grown-up talk" of therapy is likely to turn off children -
especially if it focuses on their problematic behavior. The highly
effective techniques of narrative therapy include children by
respecting their unique language, stories, and views of the world.More
Marilyn Wedge
Wedge's central argument, presented clearly and illustrated in engaging
cases, is that all experience, even the experience of one's own self,
is a construction of signs. Symbolic forms such as language, myth,
ritual, and drama create and shape our realities and provide useful
tools for encouraging therapeutic change.More
Mary Baird Carlsen
Gene Combs, Jill Freedman
For psychotherapy students, teachers, and practitioners, this book describes the clinical application of the growing body of ideas and practices that has come to be known as narrative therapy. Clear and compelling demonstrations of narrative therapy practice, rich in case examples and creative strategies, are at the heart of this book.More
Peter Goldenthal
This book explains this deeply ethical approach of contextual therapy
in practical terms and demonstrates its practice in extensive cases.More
Barbara S. Held
The author critiques postmodern/narrative theory, with its underlying
antirealist/constructivist philosophy that the knower makes rather than
discovers reality. As an alternative, she introduces readers to the
integrative/eclective therapy movement and proposes "modest realism."More
Barry M. Cohen, Carol Thayer Cox
This extensively illustrated book shows how abused individuals
simultaneously express and camouflage dissociated and repressed
information in drawings.More
Harry J. Aponte
"This is not another how-to book, although it is practical and applied.
Instead, it is a book that addresses the tough situations and quandries
facing therapists working with clients who differ from them in culture,
ethnicity, lifestyle, or beliefs." --Contemporary PsychologyMore
Daniel J. Wiener
Reference for psychotherapists on the applications of improvisational
theater to psychotherapy for groups, couples, family, and individuals.More
Susan M. Heitler
"Heitler has established herself as a leader in what is evolving as an extraordinary, valuable integration of systems perspectives, cognitive and behavioral methodologies, and traditional views of personality and therapy."--Psychotherapy in Private PracticeMore
Paul Watzlawick
In this groundbreaking book, a world authority on human communication
and communication therapy points out a basic contradiction in the way
therapists use language.More
Paul Watzlawick
Calling upon metaphors, vignettes, jokes, innuendos, and certain other "right-hemispheric" language games, Paul Watzlawick shows how we can (and do) make everyday life miserable.
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David R. Grove, Jay Haley
Imagine being able to consult with Jay Haley about difficult therapy cases.More