The handbook of constructive therapies : innovative approaches from leading practitioners / Michael F. Hoyt, editor ; foreword by Kenneth J. Gergen.

Other author Hoyt, Michael F.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoSan Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, ©1998.
Descriptionxv, 480 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents I. Theoretical perspectives. Redecision therapy : through a narrative lens / James R. Allen, Barbara A. Allen -- Generative conversations : a postmodern approach to conceptualizing and working with human systems / Harlene Anderson, Susan B. Levin -- Adlerian psychotherapy as a constructivist psychology / Jon Carlson, Len Sperry -- How rational emotive behavior therapy belongs in the constructivist camp / Albert Ellis -- Setting aside the model in family therapy / Lynn Hoffman -- Ericksonian emergent epistemologies : embracing a new paradigm / Stephen Lankton, Carol Lankton -- Possibility therapy : an inclusive, collaborative, solution-based model of psychotherapy / William (Bill) O'Hanlon -- Strange attractors and the transformation of narratives in family therapy / Carlos E. Sluzki. II. Conversations and songs. Constructing therapeutic realities : a conversation with Paul Watzlawick / Paul Watzlawick, Michael F. Hoyt -- Honoring our internalized others and the ethics of caring : a conversation with Karl Tomm / Karl Tomm, Michael F. Hoyt, Stephen P. Madigan -- Interviewing fear and love : implications for narrative therapy / Robert E. Doan -- "Master of faster" and "The problem talks back" / Joseph Goldfield.
Contents III. Specific clinical applications. Children's stories, children's solutions : social constructionist therapy for children and their families / Jeff Chang -- Minimizing hierarchy in therapeutic relationships : a reflecting team approach / S. Michele Cohen ... [et al.] -- Escaping the lost world of impossibility : honoring clients' language, motivation, and theories of change / Barry L. Duncan ... [et al.] -- Solution-focused couple therapy : helping clients construct self-fulfilling realities / Michael F. Hoyt, Insoo Kim Berg -- Solution-focused ideas for briefer therapy with longer-term clients / James W. Kreider -- The narrative solutions approach for retelling children's stories : using preferred views to construct useful conversations / Thomas W. Lund, Joseph B. Eron -- A narrative approach to anorexia : discourse, reflexivity, and questions / Stephen P. Madigan, Elliot M. Goldner -- Internalized other questioning with men who are violent / David Nyland, Victor Corsiglia ; with commentary by Alan Jenkins -- Using therapeutic splits to construct empathic narratives / Haim Omer -- From "either-or" to "both-and" : treating dissociative disorders collaboratively / Robert A. Schwartz.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 98006859
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