Re-Imagining Therapy: Living Conversations and Relational Knowing

By Gregory Madan Smith and Eero Riikonen

Book Overview

Re-Imagining Therapy uses and develops discursive and relational perspectives on therapy to show the benefits of looking closely at how people relate to and with language. The authors draw on social constructionist, dialogic, narrative, and solution-focused approaches to argue that detachment and objectivity have impoverished our ways of understanding life and language. The focus here is on words and language as tools, gestures, and actions through which therapy can work to build a sense of promise and trust. Re-Imagining Therapy is a fresh and engaging book that will be invaluable for students, practitioners, and academics interested in the relationship between therapy and social construction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803976542
• ISBN13: 9780803976542
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.