Aesthetics of Change (eBook)

Bradford P. Keeney (Autor)

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1983
217 Seiten
Guilford Publications (Verlag)
978-1-59385-891-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The fundamental concern of psychotherapy is change. While practitioners are constantly greeted with new strategies, techniques, programs, and interventions, this book argues that the full benefits of the therapeutic process cannot be realized without fundamental revision of the concept of change itself. Applying cybernetic thought to family therapy, Bradford P. Keeney demonstrates that conventional epistemology, in which cause and effect have a linear relationship, does not sufficiently accommodate the reciprocal nature of causation in experience. Written in an unconventional style that includes stories, case examples, and imagined dialogues between an epistemologist and a skeptical therapist, the volume presents a philosophically grounded, ecological framework for contemporary clinical practice.

Autor

Bradford P. Keeney, PhD, has worked at some of the most respected psychotherapy centers in the United States, including the Ackerman Institute in New York City, the Karl Menninger Center in Topeka, and the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. He has served as Director of clinical doctoral programs at Texas Tech University and Nova University, and as Director of Scholarly Studies at the University of St. Thomas. He is the author of numerous classic works in the field of family therapy.

Inhalt

1. Fundamentals of Epistemology2. Cybernetic Epistemology4. A Cybernetic Description of Family Therapy5. Cybernetics of Therapeutic Change6. An Aesthetic Base for Family Therapy

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.2.2017
• Reihe/Serie: The Guilford Family Therapy Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Schlagworte: Aesthetics • Bateson • changes • Cybernetics • Epistemology • Families • Family • guilford • libpsy • Philosophy • processes • Psychology • psychotherapy • series • "substance abuse, behavior change, psychotherapy, interventions, addictions, ambivalence, resistance, therapy, counseling field, counseling students, interviewing skills, meth addiction, life coaching, helping professionals, therapeutic relationship, helping professions, professional counselor, core concepts, social workers, transpersonal, rationales, person-centered, exam, cognitive-behavioral, court-ordered, modality, clinicians, evidence-based, revisions, trainers, therapists, counselors, seminar, exerci • therapy
• ISBN-10: 1-59385-891-4 / 1593858914
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59385-891-9 / 9781593858919