The Dialogical Therapist (Systemic Thinking and Practice Series)
According to systemic theory, we exist only in and because of the network of relationships we are embedded in. In dialogic theory, we inhabit different worlds, and we need dialogue (we need engaging in that hard struggle that is proper dialogue) in order to make them communicate with each other. Putting these different views together poses problems but provides a good dialogic exercise too. The author found it increasingly necessary as he felt more and more uncomfortable with the more conventional versions of Batesonian systemic wisdom he had adopted in previous years. At the same time he did not feel convinced by some of the new ideas about dialogue, where one was compelled to get rid of everything one thought valuable in systemic understanding. Contents1 Understanding and influencing2 Text and context3 Practices and theories4 Hypotheses and dialogues5 Therapists and clients6 Frames and relationship7 Dialogues and systems8 Questions and statements9 Presence and absence 10 Selves and technologies