Between Give and Take: A Clinical Guide to Contextual TherapyTABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. an orientation to contextual therapy 2. the challenge of the therapy of psychotics: background of the contextual approach 3. a dialectic view of relationship: the development of the contextual appraoch 4. the four dimensions of relational reality 5. interpersonal conflicts of interests: a four-dimensional perspective 6. three aspects of the dialogue between persons 7. dialogue between the person and the human context 8. the client therapist dialogue 9. assessing relational reality 10. healthy, autonomy, and relational resources 11. rejunction: reworking the impasse 12. resistances: obstacles to therapeutic progress 13. a case illustration 14. balance in motion; crediting 15. starting therapy 16. multidirected partiality 17. contextual work with marriage 18. the evolving face of marriage 19. divorce and remarriage 20. parenting problems 21. other applications of contextual therapy 22. the making of a contextual therapist. |
Contents
An Orientation to Contextual Therapy | 5 |
Background | 21 |
The Development of | 32 |
The Four Dimensions of Relational Reality | 43 |
A FourDimensional | 67 |
Three Aspects of the Dialogue Between Persons | 73 |
Dialogue Between the Person and the Human | 98 |
The ClientTherapist Dialogue | 137 |
Crediting | 263 |
Multidirected Partiality | 281 |
Contextual Work with Marriage | 313 |
APPLICATIONS AND GUIDELINES | 331 |
Divorce and Remarriage | 345 |
Other Applications of Contextual Therapy | 375 |
The Making of a Contextual Therapist | 395 |
On Meaning Between the Generations | 409 |
Assessing Relational Reality | 153 |
Health Autonomy and Relational Resources | 201 |
Reworking the Impasse | 215 |
A Case Illustration | 235 |
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| Title | Between Give and Take: A Clinical Guide to Contextual Therapy |
| Authors | Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, Barbara R. Krasner |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0876304188, 9780876304181 |
| Length | 432 pages |
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