| Description |
xvi, 217 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Guilford family therapy series |
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Guilford family therapy series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-208). |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamentals of Epistemology -- 3. Cybernetic Epistemology -- 4. A Cybernetic Description of Family Therapy -- 5. Cybernetics of Therapeutic Change -- 6. An Aesthetic Base for Family Therapy -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980.
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Family psychotherapy.
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Social systems.
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Cybernetics.
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Social systems -- Therapeutic use.
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Cybernetics. (DNLM)D003491
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Family Therapy. (DNLM)D005196
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cybernetics. (CStmoGRI)aat300054473
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Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980. (OCoLC)fst01427490
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Family psychotherapy. (OCoLC)fst00920448
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Social systems. (OCoLC)fst01123410
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Familientherapie. (DE-588)4016421-4
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Kybernetik. (DE-588)4033888-5
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Family psychotherapy.
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| Indexed Term |
Bateson, Gregory |
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Family psychotherapy |
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Social systems |
| ISBN |
0898620430 |
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9780898620436 |
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1572308303 (paperback) |
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9781572308305 (paperback) |
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