This innovative book probes the language of family systems theory, demonstrating how metaphors shape our understanding both of families themselves and of the goals and process of therapy. The author shows how a deeper understanding of standard theoretical metaphors--and the development of alternatives--can help clinicians and students identify hidden assumptions, incorporate perspectives that may otherwise have been overlooked, and forge creative new meanings in clinical practice.
- ISBN10 0898623227
- ISBN13 9780898623222
- Publish Date 1 January 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 July 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Guilford Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 239
- Language English