Creative breakthroughs in therapy
Subtitle: tales of transformation and astonishment
By: Jeffrey A. Kottler, Jon Carlson.
Contributors: Carlson, Jon.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780470362402
Subjects: Psychotherapy
Description: "In Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, well-known authors Kottler and Carlson have invited some of the world's most creative therapists and researchers to share stories that have resulted in transformative breakthrough and behavioral change. Questions are directed to each contributor about how they achieved breakthrough so that readers gain insight into the creative process. Professionals in the field of psychology, counseling, social work and human services, graduate students, and general readers alike will be moved to discover their own creative paths as a result of reading this unique collection of inspiring narratives"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: A Personal Introduction to Creativity in Therapy; title: Chapter 2: Stephen Lankton: Ambiguity, Relevance, and the Creeping Devils; title: Chapter 3: Bradford Keeney: Creating Nonsense through Connections of Love; title: Chapter 4: Sam Gladding: Being Unstuck without Becoming Unglued; title: Chapter 5: Steve Madigan: Therapy as Community Connections; title: Chapter 6: Michael Yapko: You Don't Learn this Stuff in Graduate School; title: Chapter 7: Scott Miller: I Have Creative Clients; title: Chapter 8: Jeff Zeig: A White Fluffy Cloud and a Dissociative Moment; title: Chapter 9: Judy Jordan: What about Love?; title: Chapter 10: Robert Neimeyer: A Little Hug from Heaven; title: Chapter 11: Laura Brown: Working in a Box; title: Chapter 12: Bill O'Hanlon: Falling on Your Face; title: Chapter 13: Cloe Madanes: A Trilogy of Courage; title: Chapter 14: Len Sperry: Accessing the Creative Self; title: Chapter 15: Fred Bemak: Getting People Up Off the Floor; title: Chapter 16: Nancy McWilliams: The Wisdom of Not Knowing; title: Chapter 17: Nick Cummings: A Narrative History of Creativity in Action; title: Chapter 18: Alfonso Montuori: Creative Inquiry and Discovering the Unforeseen; title: Chapter 19: Some Creative Themes; title: Chapter 20: Clinical Applications; title: References.