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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789738303321

Autore

Afuape Taiwo <1975-, >

Titolo

Power, resistance and liberation in therapy with survivors of trauma : to have our hearts broken / / Taiwo Afuape

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-65505-0

1-283-36367-4

9786613363671

0-203-80640-9

1-136-65506-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Classificazione

FAM000000PSY007000PSY010000

Disciplina

616.85/210651

616.85210651

Soggetti

Psychic trauma - Treatment

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment

Psychotherapy

Counseling

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

pt. 1. Therapy, power, resistance and trauma -- pt. 2. Liberation and therapy : theory -- pt. 3. Liberation and therapy : practice -- pt. 4. Final reflections on theory and practice.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book offers reflections on how liberation might be experienced by clients as a result of the therapeutic relationship. Furthermore, it explores how power and resistance are most effectively and ethically understood and utilised in clinical practice with survivors of trauma. Power, Resistance and Liberation in Therapy with Survivors of Trauma draws together narrative therapy, co-ordinated management of meaning (CMM) and liberation psychology approaches. It critically reviews each approach and demonstrates what each contributes to the other as well as how to draw them together in a coherent way. The book presents: - an original take on CMM through the lenses of power and resistance - a new way of thinking about resistance in life and



therapy, using the metaphor of creativity - numerous case examples to support strong theory-practice links. Through the exploration of power, resistance and liberation in therapy, this book presents innovative ways of conceptualising these issues. As such it will be of interest to anyone in the mental health fields of therapy, counselling, social work or critical psychology, regardless of their preferred model. It will also appeal to those interested in a socio-political contextual analysis of complex human experience"--