Re-Imagining Therapy Vol. 17Living Conversations and Relational Knowing |
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| Author:
| Riikonen, Eero
Smith, Gregory Madan |
| Series title: | Inquiries in Social Construction Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8039-7654-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 1997 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $58.00 |
Book Description:
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Re-imagining Therapy explores the benefits to therapeutic practice of paying attention to how people relate
to and
with language - how ways of talking support different kinds of relationships and experiences. The authors draw on social constructionist, dialogic, narrative and solution-oriented approaches to argue that `detachment′ and `objectivity′ have impoverished our ways of understanding life and language. They focus on words and language as tools,...
More Description Re-imagining Therapy explores the benefits to therapeutic practice of paying attention to how people relate to and with language - how ways of talking support different kinds of relationships and experiences. The authors draw on social constructionist, dialogic, narrative and solution-oriented approaches to argue that `detachment′ and `objectivity′ have impoverished our ways of understanding life and language. They focus on words and language as tools, gestures and actions through which therapy can work to build a sense of promise and trust.