Therapy as social construction

Author(s)

• McNamee, Sheila
• Gergen, Kenneth J.

Bibliographic Information

Therapy as social construction

edited by Sheila McNamee and Kenneth J. Gergen

（Inquiries in social construction）

Sage Publications, 1992

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

`An interesting collection of the state of the art of social constructionism and therapy, and a major contribution to reflection on therapeutic theory and practice' - Changes `The chapters are interesting as windows into wider debates beyond therapy to those within the human sciences over the organization of meaning and change in culture... the value of this book is that it makes it possible for the reader to step back and think that therapy may mean different things to different communities, that therapy is not the touchstone but only one of many social constructions' - British Psychological Society Counselling Psychology Review This volume explores the exciting possibilities for the therapeutic process of adopting a social constructionist perspective. A key concern is with socially constructed lives. Our senses of self, identity and life purpose are socially and culturally embedded, but no single cultural `script' proves all-powerful. In social constructionist therapy, client and therapist work to co-create new, more satisfactory `stories' in ways which recognise their social, relational character. The book firstly examines the theoretical basis for this process. It also looks at the implications for client-therapist relationships and discusses various approaches in practice, including `irreverent therapy', the `not-knowing therapist' and the role of reflexivity. A number of case studies are presented. The final section offers an exhilarating mix of overview, self-critique and agenda for the future.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Sheila McNamee and Kenneth J Gergen PART ONE: CONSTRUCTING THE THEORETICAL CONTEXT A Reflexive Stance for Family Therapy - Lynn Hoffman The Client is the Expert - Harlene Anderson and Harold Goolishian A Not-Knowing Approach to Therapy Therapeutic Process as the Social Construction of Change - Laura Fruggeri PART TWO: FORMS OF PRACTICE Reflections on Reflecting with Families - Tom Andersen Postmodern Thinking in a Clinical Practice - William D Lax Constructing Therapeutic Possibilities - Gianfranco Cecchin A Proposal for Re-Authoring Therapy - David Epston, Michael White and Kevin Murray Rose's Revisioning of her Life and a Commentary PART THREE: CONSTRUCTION IN ACTION Therapeutic Distinctions in an On-Going Therapy - Karl, Cynthia, Andrew and Vanessa History becomes Her Story - William Hudson O'Hanlon Collaborative Solution-Oriented Therapy of the After-Effects of Sexual Abuse Narrations of the Self - Annibal Coelho de Amorim and Fatima Goncalves Cavalcante Video Production in a Marginalized Subculture PART FOUR: REFLECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION Beyond Narrative in the Negotiation of Therapeutic Meaning - Kenneth J Gergen and John Kaye Reconstructing Identity - Sheila McNamee The Communal Construction of Crisis Constructionist Therapy - Jay S Efran and Leslie E Clarfield Sense and Nonsense

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Details

• NCID: BA23684532
• ISBN:
  • 0803983026
  • 0803983034
• LCCN: 92050277
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Newbury Park
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 220 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC480
  • DC20 : 616.89/14
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Psychotherapy
  • LCSH : Counseling -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Social psychology
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA06723762