The Dialogical Therapist

Several good books exist about systemic understanding in therapy and a few about dialogic understanding. However, none trying to bridge the gap between these two world views, which have some similarities, but also a whole array of differences. The most striking one is the very vantage point for observation each of them holds. According to systemic theory, we exist only in and because of the network of relationships we are embedded in. In dialogic theory, we inhabit different worlds, and we need dialogue (we need engaging in that hard struggle that is proper dialogue) in order to make them communicate with each other. Putting these different views together poses problems but a good dialogic exercise too.The author found it increasingly necessary as he felt the longer the more uncomfortable with the more conventional versions of Batesonian systemic wisdom he had adopted in previous years, while at the same time he could not feel convinced by some of the new ideas about dialogue, where one was compelled to get rid of everything she thought valuable in systemic understanding. This book is an attempt to find a bridge.

ISBN 1855755602   Pages 200 ISBN13 9781855755604 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Karnac Books   Weight (grammes) 454 Imprint Karnac Books   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title Systematic Thinking and Practice Publication date 01 Sep 2007   Height (mm) 230 Library of Congress 2008371724   Width (mm) 147 DEWEY 302.346   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

1		Understanding and influencing		8
2		Text and context		31
3		Practices and theories		51
4		Hypotheses and dialogues		65
5		Therapists and clients		99
6		Frames and relationships		124
7		Dialogues and systems		143
8		Statements and questions		175
9		Presence and absence		198
10		Selves and technologies		221
		References		149
		Index		267

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