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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2002
- Book Title
- Aesthetics of Change
- ISBN
- 9781572308305
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Guilford Publications
ISBN-10
1572308303
ISBN-13
9781572308305
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2410724
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
217 Pages
Publication Name
Aesthetics of Change
Language
English
Subject
Social Work, Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Psychiatry / General, Cybernetics
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Series
The Guilford Family Therapy Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
This is a rare text which deals unashamedly with complex theoretical issues in a way that relates directly to practice. It is unlikely that anyone who reads this with an inquiring mind will fail to be influenced in their practice., "Aesthetics is a handbook of [cybernetic ideas] relevant to the clinician with an emphasis on helping the clinician understand the therapeutic context in which he participates and influences....Encourages us to reach for a more poetic, aesthetic approach to our thinking about and dealings with our clients....The argument made that is persuasive is that cybernetic thinking can indeed enhance a therapist's chances of untying the knots of mental process embodied in the stories and experiences clients and therapists construct."--AFTA Newsletter, "This is a rare text which deals unashamedly with complex theoretical issues in a way that relates directly to practice. It is unlikely that anyone who reads this with an inquiring mind will fail to be influenced in their practice."--Journal of Family Therapy, "Written almost 20 years ago, Aesthetics of Change is a classic in the field of family therapy. It has aged well. The notions it so intricately spins forth are still vibrant, still vital for therapists and students who want to learn to think systemically--wisely--about the context and practice of therapy. Readers will appreciate Keeney's firm, yet relaxed, grasp of Bateson's ideas, his clear explanations, and his sense of irreverence."--Douglas Flemons, PhD, Professor and Director, Brief Therapy Institute, Nova Southeastern University, and author of Of One Mind "An astounding, clear, and brilliant exposition of cybernetic epistemology. A major contribution to understanding family therapy!"--Luigi Boscolo, MD "A persuasive work which will help make the elusive concepts of epistemology and cybernetics accessible to the psychotherapeutic community."--Mary Catherine Bateson, PhD "Family therapy has been an endeavor in search of a theory. Keeney's book fills in that all-important superstructure that every field needs in order to achieve its own conceptual framework."--Lynn Hoffman, MSW "Aesthetics of Change is really the Rubik's cube in book form. There are six chapters of different colors which can be rotated around a conceptual inner core to create an almost infinite variety of patterns. It's fun and exciting!"--Carl Whitaker, MD, Aesthetics is a handbook of [cybernetic ideas] relevant to the clinician with an emphasis on helping the clinician understand the therapeutic context in which he participates and influences....Encourages us to reach for a more poetic, aesthetic approach to our thinking about and dealings with our clients....The argument made that is persuasive is that cybernetic thinking can indeed enhance a therapist's chances of untying the knots of mental process embodied in the stories and experiences clients and therapists construct., "Aesthetics is a handbook of [cybernetic ideas] relevant to the clinician with an emphasis on helping the clinician understand the therapeutic context in which he participates and influences...Encourages us to reach for a more poetic, aesthetic approach to our thinking about and dealings with our clients....The argument made that is persuasive is that cybernetic thinking can indeed enhance a therapist's chances of untying the knots of mental process embodied in the stories and experiences clients and therapists construct."--AFTA Newsletter (review by Brian L. Ackerman, MD) "This is a rare text which deals unashamedly with complex theoretical issues in a way that relates directly to practice. It is unlikely that anyone who reads this with an inquiring mind will fail to be influenced in their practice."--Journal of Family Therapy (review by Hugh Jenkins) "There is no other book like this in the clinical literature. Keeney has an enormous ability to translate the ideas of Bateson and other cyberneticians into clinical terms. The cybernetic epistemology that Keeney delineates gives us a fine example of the participatory, interactional view of the world, which currently informs significant segments of the fields of biology, physics, cybernetics, and family therapy."--Contemporary Psychology (review by Paul F. Dell) "Attempts a general cybernetic epistemology as the basis for a science of pattern and organisation....[Keeney] stresses the aesthetic point of view, the attitude of respect, wonder and appreciation of natural systems. This is a lucid and challenging book for all interested in the relevance of cybernetic ideas for understanding therapeutic change."--Changes
Dewey Decimal
616.89156
Table Of Content
1. Fundamentals of Epistemology 2. Cybernetic Epistemology 4. A Cybernetic Description of Family Therapy 5. Cybernetics of Therapeutic Change 6. An Aesthetic Base for Family Therapy
Synopsis
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., The fundamental concern of psychotherapy is change. While practitioners are constantly greeted with new strategies, techniques, programs, and interventions, this volume argues that the full benefits of the therapeutic process cannot be realized without fundamental revision of the concept
LC Classification Number
RC488.5
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