Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

Theory and Practice

Jan Olthof (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2017
Karnac Books (Verlag)
978-1-78220-299-8 (ISBN)

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The Handbook Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults and Families combines philosophical, scientific and theoretical insights in the field of narrative psychotherapy and links them to sources of inspiration such as poetry, film, literature and art under the common denominator 'narrative thinking'. Sections on theoretical issues alternate with a large number of case histories drawn from different therapeutic contexts. The reader can browse at will through the many examples of therapeutic sessions, in some cases including literal transcriptions, in which narrativity in all its forms is the point of departure. What language does the body speak? What messages do seemingly random slips of the tongue convey? How can a painting help a client to find words for his or her story?The discussion of the 'logic of abduction' demonstrates the importance of metaphor, and special attention is given to the processes of creating a therapeutic context and defining a therapeutic framework.The diversity of insights in this book will be of interest to the experienced psychotherapist as well as to therapists at the beginning of their careers, who will undoubtedly derive inspiration from the case histories.

Jan Olthof has worked as a psychotherapist since 1984. In addition to his own private practice, he also provides diverse other services. He teaches, trains and supervises young colleagues newly active in the field of systems therapy, and is registered in this capacity with the Dutch Society of Relationship and Family Therapy (NVGR). He has also been attached to the family psychiatry department of Yulius institution for mental health care in Rotterdam as a systems consultant since 1985. Jan Olthof founded the School for Systemic Training at Bunde in the Netherlands.

Ithaka , Permissions , Foreword to the English Edition , Foreword , Preface , Introduction , Prelude , Aspects of Narrative Thinking , Nomadic thought: thought on its travels , The house of language , The language of the body: the role of the body in narrative psychotherapy , Narrative space: the third space , Abduction and the logic of metaphor , Creating and structuring a therapeutic context , Developing a therapeutic framework , Narrative in Action , Finding a therapeutic script , Stories from beyond the horizon: on dissociative attacks and on stories-as-yet-untold , Birth stories: listening to children , Blended families , Fatherly love , Epilogue , Conclusion The end of the journey: from modern to postmodern to diagonal , Afterword

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	147 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	1-78220-299-4 / 1782202994
ISBN-13	978-1-78220-299-8 / 9781782202998
Zustand	Neuware