Discursive Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-959275-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Reihe: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry

Presents a unique overview of discursive perspectives in therapy, paying particular attention to the philosophical origins of discursive therapy - resulting in a work of great originality within the philosophy and psychiatry literature
Proposes that 'talk' has becoming somewhat secondary to the business of therapy, so succeeds in reintroducing and highlighting the important of discourse in therapeutic practice
Presents a range of innovative therapies, each described by experienced practitioners, resulting in a thoughtful and practical guide to discursive therapies

For an endeavour that is largely based on conversation it may seem obvious to suggest that psychotherapy is discursive. After all, therapists and clients primarily use talk, or forms of discourse, to accomplish therapeutic aims. However, talk or discourse has usually been seen as secondary to the actual business of therapy - a necessary conduit for exhanging information between therapist and client, but seldom more. Psychotherapy primarily developed by mapping particular experiential domains in ways responsive to human intervention. Only recently though has the role that discourse plays been recognized as a focus in itself for analysis and intervention.

Discursive Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice presents a overview of discursive perspectives in therapy, along with an account of ist philosophical underpinnings. The book starts by historically situating discursive ideas, looking at the work of philosophers such as Wittgenstein, Merleau Ponty and Heidigger. It then presents a thorough review of a range of innovative discursive methods, each presented by an authority in their respective area. The book shows how discursive therapies can help people construct a better sense of their world, and move beyond the constraints caused by the cultural preconceptions, opinions, and values the client has about the world.

The book makes a unique contribution to the philosophy and psychiatry literature in examining both the philosophical bases of discursive therapy, whilst also showing how discursive perspectives can be applied in real therapeutic situations. The book will be of great value and interest to psychotherapists and psychiatrists wishing to understand, explore, and apply these innovative techniques.

Zielgruppe

Psychotherapists, psychiatrists, philosophers of mind

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lock, Andy

Strong, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Andy Lock and Tom Strong: Discursive therapy: Why language, and how we use it in therapeutic dialogues, matters
2: Lois Shawver: Talking to listen: its pre-history, invention and future in the field of psychotherapy
3: Rom Harré and Mirjana Dedai?: Positioning Theory, narratology and pronoun analysis as discursive therapies
4: Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary M. Gergen: Therapeutic Communication from a Constructionist Standpoint
5: John Shotter: Ontological social constructionism in the context of a social ecology: The importance of our living bodies
6: Susanna Chamberlain: Narrative Therapy: Challenges and communities of practice
7: Sue Levin and Saliha Bava: Collaborative therapy: Performing reflective and dialogic relationships
8: Maureen Duffy: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Listening in the present with an ear toward the future
9: Gale Miller and Mark McKergow: From Wittgenstein, complexity, and narrative emergence: Discourse and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
10: Lois Holzman and Fred Newman: Activity and performance (and their discourses) in Social Therapeutic Method
11: Charles Waldegrave: Developing a 'Just Therapy': Context and the Ascription of Meaning
12: Maria Maniapoto: Mãori expressions of healing in Just Therapy
13: Ronald J. Chenail, Melissa DeVincentis, Harriet E. Kiviat, and Cynthia Somers: Systematic narrative review of discursive therapies research: Considering the value of circumstantial evidence
14: Robbie Busch: Problematising social context in evidence-based therapy evaluation practice/governance
15: Maureen Duffy: The body, trauma, and narrative approaches to healing
16: John Cromby: Narrative, discourse, psychotherapy - neuroscience?
17: Tom Strong: Conversation and its therapeutic possibilities

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Andy Lock, School of Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand, and Tom Strong, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary, Canada

Contributors:
Dr. Saliha Bava, Houston-Galveston Institute, USA
Robbie Busch, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr. Susanna Chamberlain,
Professor Ron Chenail, Nova Southeastern University
Dr John Cromby, Loughborough University, UK
Mirjana Dedaic, Georgetown University, USA
Melissa DeVincentis, Nova Southeastern University, USA
Maureen Duffy, Miami Shores, Florida, USA
Kenneth J. Gergen, Swathmore College, USA
Mary Gergen, Penn State, Brandywine , USA
Professor Rom Harré, University of Oxford, UK
Lois Holzman, East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, USA
Harriet E. Kiviat, Nova Southeastern University, USA
Dr. Sue Levin, Houston Galveston Institute, USA
Professor Andy Lock, School of Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand
Mark McKergow, Director, The Centre for Solutions Focus at Work, UK
Maria Maniapoto, Family Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
Professor Gale Miller, Professor of Sociology and Research Professor of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University, USA
Fred Newman, East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, USA
Lois Shawver
John Shotter, KCC Foundation, London, UK
Cynthia Somers, Nova Southeastern University, USA
Professor Tom Strong, Division of Applied Psychology - Faculty of Education University of Calgary, Canada
Charles Waldegrave, Family Centre, Wellington, New Zealand