| Milan Systemic Family Therapy: Conversations in Theory and Practice Contributor(s): Boscolo, Luigi (Author), Cecchin, Gianfranco (Author), Hoffman, Lynn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465045960 ISBN-13: 9780465045969 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1987 Annotation: Here are transcripts of actual cases, accompanied by case introductions and interviews of Boscolo and Cecchin, which shed light on their fascinating methods and detail their theoretical principles, including language/meaning therapy, hypothesizing, circular questioning, positive connotation, and their crafting of interventions. "A rich elucidation of practice and theory, the most direct access available in print today to the systematic thinking of these two gifted clinicians".--Karl Tomm, Univ. of Calgary. Notes and Index. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 87071985 |
| Lexile Measure: 910 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6.55" W x 9.58" (1.53 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This long-awaited book is the first to offer a complete and clear presentation of the therapy of the Milan Associates, Luigi Boscolo and Gianfranco Cecchin. Based on cybernetic theory, their work has had dramatic success in helping families change behavior. This practical and enlightening book uses clinical cases and the fascinating conversations among the four authors to examine the relationship between Milan theory and practice.Transcripts of sessions conducted by Boscolo and Cecchin--which include a family that is hiding a history of incest and one dominated by an anorectic girl--provide vivid examples of family interaction and therapeutic imagination. In the accompanying conversations with Boscolo and Cecchin about these sessions, Hoffman and Penn take us behind the scenes to show how the therapists think through and conduct their therapy. These highly readable conversations clarify the essentials of the therapy, including hypothesizing, circular questioning, positive connotation, and crafting interventions. Like Milan therapy itself, the interviews are recursive; new ideas about the therapy feed back into the conversations and stimulate further revelations. A lengthy introduction sets the Milan approach in historical context, and introductions to the individual cases highlight the main ideas. |