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The Performance of Practice: Enhancing the Repertoire of Therapy with Children and Families
Jim Wilson
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Description for The Performance of Practice: Enhancing the Repertoire of Therapy with Children and Families
Paperback. Series: The Systemic Thinking and Practice Series. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
'This book is about how to maintain an aliveness to the possibilities in therapy and practice and how to challenge ideas of orthodoxy in theory and methodologies that can become stale or followed like religions. The central metaphor is the performance of practice emphasized in the spoken word and expressed in all its non-verbal complexity. How we, as practitioners, use every aspect of our being to communicate with the other in practice, how we shape and mould our words through gesture and other non-verbal actions in response to the gestures and words of others in a continually recursive process. Therapy ... Read more
'This book is about how to maintain an aliveness to the possibilities in therapy and practice and how to challenge ideas of orthodoxy in theory and methodologies that can become stale or followed like religions. The central metaphor is the performance of practice emphasized in the spoken word and expressed in all its non-verbal complexity. How we, as practitioners, use every aspect of our being to communicate with the other in practice, how we shape and mould our words through gesture and other non-verbal actions in response to the gestures and words of others in a continually recursive process. Therapy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
The Systemic Thinking and Practice Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855755260
SKU
V9781855755260
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Ref
99-2
About Jim Wilson
Jim Wilson is a UKCP registered systemic psychotherapist with over thirty years experience in working in mental health and social care fields in the UK. He provides provides training, consultation, and practice projects in the UK, Europe, and the Far East. He is also a regular presenter at national and international conferences in mental health services and is known for ... Read more
Reviews for The Performance of Practice: Enhancing the Repertoire of Therapy with Children and Families
'This is Jim Wilson's second book in our series. He might call it his second act. His first book, Child Focused Practice, was very popular because it offered practical approaches to working with children for practitioners from diverse backgrounds. This current volume is written in the same spirit but takes his thinking and techniques into new areas. He is interested ... Read more