1st Edition

Tales from Family Therapy Life-Changing Clinical Experiences

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

You often see books on theoretical approaches and new interventions in therapy, but you rarely, if ever, find a book where therapists discuss their personal reactions to and views of the therapy they offer. In this amazing volume, Tales from Family Therapy: Life-Changing Clinical Experiences, psychologists, psychotherapists, and marriage and family counselors come together to share their unique... Read more
Contents About the Editors
  • Contributors
  • Series Editor’s Comments
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Therapy with Families
  • Courting the Unknown in a Cross-Cultural Context
  • A Game of Snakes-and-Ladders
  • From Not Knowing, to Knowing, to Not Knowing, to Shared Knowing
  • Interesting Moments in Psychotherapy
  • Hysterical or Historical?
  • Clients Do the Craziest Things. . . Like Prove Therapists Wrong
  • “I’m Exercising as Fast as I Can!” Driving Missy Crazy
  • The Lesson of Courage
  • Act III: A Continuing Story
  • Therapy with Difficult Cases
  • Understanding the Sandwich Man
  • Voices of Wisdom: The Reality of Delusions and the Usefulness of Hallucinations
  • A Bitter Pill
  • The Extra Mile: Therapy in a Truck Stop
  • The Jockey Who Couldn’t Frown
  • How Caron Kept Her Feet Moving
  • Developing the Self of the Therapist
  • Coloring Within the Lines: The Tale of a Buddhist, Lesbian Family Therapy Professor
  • The Kaleidoscope of a Retiree
  • Index

Biography

Thorana S Nelson, Terry S Trepper, Frank N Thomas