Conversation, Language, And Possibilities A

The director and founding member of the Houston Galveston Institute documents the emergence of postmodern narrative therapy and shows how linguistics and social discourse influence the changing culture of psychotherapy. Anderson shows how the therapist can empower the patient through the use of narrative and discourse, thereby creating a collaborative environment.

Harlene Anderson, Ph.D., is a founding member of the Houston Galveston Institute and the Taos Institute. She lives in Houston, Texas, and teaches and consults internationally.

Acknowledgments

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Foreword by

xi

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Lynn Hoffman

Preface

xvii

PART I: CREATING THE SPACE: THE GIVE AND TAKE OF THEORY AND PRACTICE

1

(46)

Changing the Culture of Therapy: A Philosophical Practice

1

(5)

"If My Story May Be of Any Help..."

6

(5)

1. Onions and Pyramids

11

(18)

2. Less Confining Spaces: From Modern Traditions to Postmodern Possibilities

29

(18)

PART II: CREATING COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE SYSTEMS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND PROCESSES PARTNERS IN DIALOGUE

47

(146)

"Sabrina"

47

(12)

3. Setting the Stage

59

(11)

4. Therapy Systems as Language--and Meaning--Generating Systems

70

(23)

5. A Philosophical Stance: Therapists' Position Expertise, and Responsibility

93

(15)

6. Therapy as Dialogical Conversation

108

(24)

7. Client Voices: Practical Advice from the Experts on How to Create Dialogical Conversations and Collaborative Relationships

132

(34)

8. A Glimpse of a Good Mother--Bad Mother Story

166

(27)

PART III: SEARCHING FOR MEANINGS IN MEANINGS

193

(42)

"If My Story May Be of Any Help..." Continued

193

(8)

9. Knowledge and Language

201

(10)

10. Self: Narrative, Identity, and Agency

211

(24)

PART IV: BROADENING THE SPACE

235

(28)

"Dissolving Tidal Waves"

235

(1)

"As If"

235

(8)

11. Beyond Postmodern Therapy

243

(20)

Reflecting Back and Forword

263

(4)

Notes

267

(10)

Bibliography

277

(20)

Index

297

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Conversation, Language, And Possibilities A Postmodern Approach To Therapy

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