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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146132803321

Titolo

Reflections in personal construct theory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard J Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : wiley, 2009

ISBN

1-282-12345-9

0-470-74357-3

9786612123450

0-470-74358-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ButlerRichard J

Disciplina

150.19/8

Soggetti

Personal construct theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Reflections in Personal Construct Theory; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Section I: Exploring Personal Construct Theory; Chapter 1: Coming to Terms with Personal Construct Theory; Chapter 2: The Construct; Section II: The Men behind the Theory; Chapter 3: The George Kelly I Knew; Chapter 4: Don Bannister Through the Looking Glass; Section III: Construct Theory as a Meaningful Alternative; Chapter 5: Individuality, Community and Criminal Behaviour; Chapter 6: Shaking Hands with A Serial Killer

Chapter 7: Encounters of the Puzzling Kind: the Organisational Corollary in Relation to Self-construing Chapter 8: Sauce for the Gander; Chapter 9: Griddled with Angst: A Roller-Coaster Ride on the Repertory Grid; Section IV: Construct Theory as an Elaborative Choice; Chapter 10: Living Aggressively; Chapter 11: The Guilty Choice: Reflections on Dislodgement, Extension and Definition; Chapter 12: Different Readings of Personal Construct Theory; Chapter 13: The Teacher, the Singer and the Personal Construct Theorist: an Unlikely but Fruitful Dialogue

Chapter 14: Reflexivity: What in the 'GAK' is that? Section V: No One Need be a Victim of Their Biography; Chapter 15: Differentiating the I from the ME; Chapter 16: Mirror Man; Chapter 17: Landmarks on a Personal Odyssey; Chapter 18: Reconstruing After a Change in Health



Status; Chapter 19: Constructions of Death and Loss: A Personal and Professional Evolution; Chapter 20: Reflections on the Creation of a Dissertation; Section VI: The Client as An Active Participant; Chapter 21: Enculturing Reflexiivity Across Cultures: Non-PC Lessons from Study Abroad

Chapter 22: The Icing on the Sausage: The Emancipation of Constructive Alternativism Chapter 23: Theory, Therapy, and Life: Experiential Personal Construct Psychology and the 'Desert Places' of a Therapist; Chapter 24: Reflexivity, Research and Practice: Explorations in Experiential Personal Construct Psychology; Chapter 25: The Joint Experiment of Research Supervision; Section VII: And Finally ... Reflections on Reflexivity; Chapter 26: Critical Consciousness in Action: Reflections on Reflection in, From and Beyond Personal Construct Psychology; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Internationally-renowned practitioners discuss the impact of reflexivity on their work, giving those new to personal construct psychology valuable insights and guidance on managing the therapeutic relationship. Reflexivity is a key methodological issue in psychological theory and practice, and is an area of growing interest International contributors include prominent constructivist psychologists such as Richard Bell and David Winter Will help constructivist therapists to gain a better understanding of the nature of personal constructs from the perspective of both