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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789537903321

Autore

Cecchin Gianfranco

Titolo

Irreverence : A Strategy for Therapists' Survival / / Gianfranco Cecchin, Gerry Lane, Wendel A. Ray ; foreword by Bradford P. Keeney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-91525-X

0-429-90102-X

0-429-47625-6

1-283-11837-8

9786613118370

1-84940-140-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 p.)

Collana

Systemic thinking and practice series

Disciplina

616.89/156

616.89156

Soggetti

Family psychotherapy

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

COVER; CONTENTS; EDITORS' FOREWORD; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE: The idea of irreverence; CHAPTER TWO: Irreverence and violence; CHAPTER THREE: Irreverence in institutions: survival; CHAPTER FOUR: Suggestions for training; CHAPTER FIVE: Some considerations for research; CHAPTER SIX: Random closing meditations; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Sommario/riassunto

"Irreverence: A strategy for Therapists' Survival marks the end result of a collaboration between the creative and highly respected therapists and writers in the family therapy field. It continues the tradition of the Milan group and later systemic thinkers to examine the way a therapist's own thinking can block the process of therapy and lead to feeling stuck. The authors define and demonstrate the use of a concept in the therapeutic field: Irreverence, which allows therapists to free themselves from the limitations of their own theoretical schools of thought and the familiar hypotheses they apply to their client families. They illustrate their ideas with some very challenging family therapy



cases, such as violence and incest, and include an interesting consultation with the staff caring for a hospitalized patient. The book also extends the notion of irreverence beyond therapy to the fields of training and research where its application is both fresh and profound."--Provided by publisher.