1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453768703321

Autore

Attebery Brian <1951->

Titolo

Stories about stories : fantasy and the remaking of myth / / Brian Attebery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-19-937931-9

0-19-931606-6

0-19-931608-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

809.3/8766

Soggetti

Fantasy literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Literature and myth

Myth in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fantasy as a route to myth -- Taxonomic Interlude: a note on genres -- Make it old: the other mythic method -- Silver lies and spinning wheels: Christian myth in MacDonald and Lewis -- Romance and formula, myth and memorate -- Expanding the territory: colonial fantasy -- Angels, fantasy, and belief -- Literalist Interlude: burning Harry Potter -- The postcolonial fantastic -- Coyote's eyes: situated fantasy.

Sommario/riassunto

Myth is oral, collective, sacred, and timeless. Fantasy is a modern literary mode and a popular entertainment. Yet the two have always been inextricably intertwined. Stories about Stories examines fantasy as an arena in which different ways of understanding myth compete and new relationships with myth are worked out. The book offers a comprehensive history of the modern fantastic as well as an argument about its nature and importance.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910132309503321

Autore

Guterman Jeffrey T.

Titolo

Mastering the art of solution-focused counseling / / Jeffrey T. Guterman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, Virginia : , : American Counseling Association, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-119-22156-0

1-119-02616-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/147

Soggetti

Solution-focused therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mastering The Art of Solution-Focused Counseling; Table of Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part One: Beginnings; Chapter 1: Searching for Solutions; Principles of Solution-Focused Counseling; Solution Focus; Collaborative Approach; Small Changes Can Lead to Big Results; Emphasis on Process; Strategic Approach to Eclecticism; Brief by Design, but Not Always; Responsiveness to Multiculturalism and Diversity; Organization of This Book; Part Two: Theory; Chapter 2: Postmodern Perspective; Postmodernism

Constructivism Social Constructionism; Deconstructionism; Clinical Implications; Reality as a Social Construction; Counselors as Participant-Observers; Language-Determined Systems; Collaborative Approach; Summary; Chapter 3: Problems and Change; The MRI Problem-Focused Theory; Solution-Focused Theory; Theory of Problem Formation; Theory of Change; Summary; Chapter 4: Strategic Approach to Eclecticism; Strategic Eclecticism; The Process/Content Distinction Revisited; Using Formal Content as Informal Content; Case Examples; Back to Reality Therapy; Codependent Some More; Summary

Part Three: Practice Chapter 5: Before the First Session; An Accidental Discovery; Identifying Pretreatment Change Before the First Session; Delivering Interventions Before the First Session; Case Example: A Man in Search of His Old Self; Summary; Chapter 6: The First Session;



Coconstructing Problems and Goals; Coconstructing Problems; Coconstructing Goals; A Generic or Eclectic Approach?; Identifying and Amplifying Exceptions; Identifying Exceptions; Identifying Small Exceptions; Identifying Potential Exceptions; Amplifying Questions; Coconstructing Tasks; Case 1; Case 2; Case 3; Case 4

Case 5 Summary; Chapter 7: After the First Session; Evaluating the Effectiveness of Tasks; Identifying and Amplifying Exceptions Derived From Tasks; When the Client Reports Limited Progress; When More Time Is Needed; When the Client Didn't Do the Task; Solution-Focused Techniques; Doing More of the Same; Doing Less of the Same; Scaling Techniques; Journaling; The Surprise Task; Back to the Books; The "What's Better?" Question; When Less Is Better; Doing Something Different; Reevaluating Problems and Goals; Using Rating Scales to Assess Treatment Outcome; Planning for Termination; Summary

Part Four: Applications Chapter 8: Depression; Solution-Focused Approach to Depression; Solution-Focused Conceptualization of Depression; Sudden Gains in Depression; Treatment Strategies for Depression; Coconstructing Problems and Goals; Identifying and Amplifying Exceptions; The Miracle Question; Coconstructing Tasks; Scaling Techniques; Other Techniques for Depression; Case Example: Double Trouble; Summary; Chapter 9: Anxiety; Solution-Focused Approach to Anxiety; Solution-Focused Conceptualization of Anxiety; From What-If to As-If; Treatment Strategies for Anxiety

Putting Exceptions to Work

Sommario/riassunto

The most current trends in solution-focused counseling are explored in the latest edition of this updated and expanded text. Dr. Guterman provides a comprehensive and straightforward discussion of solution-focused theory and describes how the model can be used throughout the therapeutic process. Clinical techniques and detailed case studies illustrate counseling with clients experiencing a range of problems, including depression, substance abuse, grief, morbid jealousy, and trichotillomania. New chapters and sections in this edition address anxiety, eating disorders, migraine headache, psychos