Fishing for Barracuda: Pragmatics of Brief Systemic Theory

by Joel S. Bergman

Book Overview

In fact, it is about working systemically with the most challenging families and individuals, the ones who have already defeated therapist after therapist. At the same time, Joel Bergman presents a multitude of therapeutic tactics that will be useful with a wide range of families, from minnows to submarines.

Drawing extensively upon his own experiences as a therapist and as a family member, Bergman shares strategic interventions that are paradoxical,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393700054
• ISBN13: 9780393700053
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

the best

This book is possibly one of the best on brief therapy with "barracuda" (difficult clients)that I have ever read. An excellent resource! thanks

Simply one of the best

A very concise look at brief systemic family therapy in a way anyone on any level can understand and appreciate.

For ordering videotapes of clinical cases described in book

joel.bergman@prodigy.net from New York, New York, USA , October 22, 1999 Summary of Videotapes available Edited Videotapes illustrating the brief systemic therapy described in Fishing For Barracuda are available from THE TRAINING TAPES, 80 East 11th Street, Suite 326, New York, NY 10003, 212 777-6688; email: joel.bergman@prodigy.net

Summary of Videotapes available

Edited Videotapes illustrating the brief systemic therapy described in Fishing For Barracuda are available from THE TRAINING TAPES, 80 East 11th Street, Suite 326, New York, NY 10003, 212 777-6688; email: joel.bergman@cwixmail.com