Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy

by ParT; David A.

• ISBN13: 9780789017857
• ISBN10: 0789017857
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy provides mainstream academics and practitioners with easy access to cutting-edge thinking in social constructionist psychology and therapy. This unique book is geared to readers who may not be familiar with narrative, social constructionist, or critical psychology and therapy, presenting contemporary theory and practice with a minimum of jargon. The field's leading practitioners and theorists demonstrate, through a collaborative and relational focus, how to work with people, rather than on them in a mutual, co-constructive exchange. Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy bridges the gap between modern and postmodern theory, providing a well-rounded view that enables readers to see how contemporary theory can be applied in various subdisciplines. Each user-friendly” chapter is virtually free of technical terms, beginning with a readable thumbnail summary of the practical, accessible material that follows. The book includes case studies and examples, illustrations, tables, a brief glossary of the few terms that do need explaining, and suggestions for additional readings. Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy includes easy-to-apply ideas on: theory therapeutic practice teaching/supervision research and much more! Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy is a practical, accessible resource for psychology and therapy students and practitioners, academics working in psychotherapy training and supervision, critical psychology, and psychological research. The book provides vital information for theorists and professionals interested in relational and collaborative practice on psychology and therapy, including clinical psychologists, individual, couple, and family therapists, school counselors, and social workers.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	xiii
Contributors	xv
Foreword	xxiii
Kenneth J. Gergen
Acknowledgments	xxix
Introduction: Toward an Ethic of Hospitality	1	(8)
David A. Pare
Glenn Larner
THEORY: BEYOND PERSUASION---THEORIZING WITHOUT VIOLENCE
Social Construction As Practical Theory: Lessons for Practice and Reflection in Psychotherapy	9	(14)
Sheila McNamee
Persuasion As Pervasive	11	(2)
Providing a Conversational Arena	13	(1)
Social Construction	14	(1)
Meaning As Relational	15	(2)
From Method to Daily Engagements (Performances)	17	(2)
Social Construction As Practical Theory	19	(4)
Therapy Theory After the Postmodern Turn	23	(18)
Lois Shawver
Our Postmodern Turn	25	(2)
The New Vision of Affirmative Postmodernism	27	(4)
Creating Paralogy	31	(3)
Summary and Conclusion	34	(7)
Collaboration Within a Pragmatic Tradition: The Psychotherapeutic Legacy of William James	41	(14)
Jon K. Amundson
Introduction	42	(1)
If There Was a Jamesian Clinical Tradition	42	(3)
Pluralism, Skepticism, and Radical Empiricism---What Might This Mean for a Collaborative Therapy?	45	(2)
Empirically Informed Therapy	47	(3)
Pragmatic Clinical Practice	50	(3)
Conclusion	53	(2)
Knowing More Than We Can Say	55	(14)
Stephen Frosh
Postmodern Discourse	56	(3)
Trying to Face the Unsayable	59	(2)
Into the Therapist	61	(2)
Toward Practice	63	(6)
On the Way to ``Presence'': Methods of a ``Social Poetics''	69	(16)
Arlene Katz
John Shotter
Mutual Responsivity	71	(3)
From Fixity to Fluidity, from Entanglements to Self-Respect: Conversational Ethics	74	(1)
Orienting Images and Examples: Methods of a Social Poetics	75	(3)
Conclusion: The Conversational-Poetic Stance	78	(7)
THERAPY: ``KNOWING-WITH'' IN THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE
Relational Attunement: Internal and External Reflections on Harmonizing with Clients	85	(12)
Craig Smith
Four Ways of Knowing	87	(2)
Slowing Myself Down to Stay Closer to Clients' Meanings	89	(1)
Being Transparent	90	(1)
How Can I Help?	91	(2)
Ways to Ask for Feedback	93	(1)
Closing Moments	94	(3)
Talking About ``Knowing-With'' (Like a Team!)	97	(12)
Donald McMenamin
A Room of Their Own	109	(12)
Jill C. Manning
Alan Parry
Initial Formulation and Application of the Intervention	110	(3)
Subsequent Applications of the Intervention	113	(1)
Theoretical Possibilities: Space, Status, and the Struggle for Recognition	114	(3)
Alternative Applications	117	(4)
Young People and Adults in a Team Against Harassment: Bringing Forth Student Knowledge and Skill	121	(12)
Aileen Cheshire
Dorothea Lewis
Working As Adults with a Team of Young People	123	(2)
Stepping Back As Adults	125	(1)
Discovering Student Knowledge	126	(1)
Passing on Student Mediation Knowledge	127	(2)
Team Building	129	(1)
Future Planning and Directions	130	(1)
Trust	131	(2)
Knowing-With: Moral Questions of Relationship	133	(12)
Wally McKenzie
First Vignette	136	(2)
Second Vignette	138	(2)
Third Vignette	140	(1)
Final Thoughts	141	(4)
SUPERVISION AND TRAINING: RELATIONAL PRACTICES
Countercultural Therapy: An Attempt to Match Pedagogy to Practice	145	(12)
Kevin Fitzsimmons
Larry Zucker
Introducing Social Constructionist and Critical Psychology into Clinical Psychology Training	157	(14)
David J. Harper
Introduction	157	(1)
Contexts for Training	158	(1)
Practice Examples in Academic Teaching	159	(12)
Storying Counselors: Producing Professional Selves in Supervision	171	(12)
Kathie Crocket
Introduction	171	(1)
Counselor Author-ity in Supervision	172	(3)
Some Problems with Developmental Assumptions	175	(1)
Multiple Voices: Producing Possibilities for Practice	176	(3)
Sharing the Cloak: Relational Responsibility in Supervision	179	(1)
Stories for Action: The Work of Supervision	180	(3)
Power, Gender, and Accountability in Supervision	183	(16)
Heather Gridley
Historical Context	185	(1)
Mentoring or Monitoring?	186	(1)
Constructions of Power in Supervision	187	(1)
The Project	188	(1)
Findings and Discussion	189	(6)
Conclusion	195	(4)
Respectful Super-Vision: Avoiding Relational Violence	199	(14)
Robert Doan
Deconstructing Super-Vision	200	(1)
Our Supervision History/Herstory: Does It Have Anything to Teach Us?	201	(3)
Preferred Versus Nonpreferred Supervisor Adjectives	204	(1)
More Questions to Consider	204	(1)
What Does All This Mean?	205	(5)
Concluding Remarks	210	(3)
RESEARCH: EXPLORING FROM WITHIN---COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PRACTICES
Meaningful Moments As Collaborative Accomplishments: Research from Within Consultative Dialogue	213	(16)
Tom Strong
Research As Conversation	214	(1)
Research and the Immediacies of Conversation	215	(1)
Conversation and the Yet-to-Be-Spoken	216	(1)
Conversational Research from Within	217	(1)
Variations on a Poetic Method	218	(3)
Some Ethical Caveats	221	(2)
Implications	223	(6)
``Acting-With'': Partisan Participant Observation As a Social-Practice Basis for Shared Knowing	229	(14)
Carla Willig
John Drury
The Radical in Social Constructionism	230	(1)
...And Some of Its Limitations	231	(1)
Relational Violence As a Structural Phenomenon	232	(2)
Partisan Participant Observation As an Attempt to Minimize Structural Relational Violence	234	(3)
Conclusion	237	(6)
Research and Solidarity: Partnerships for Knowing with Community Members	243	(16)
Isaac Prilleltensky
Geoffrey Nelson
Research Partnerships for Solidarity	244	(2)
Values in Solidarity Research	246	(4)
Guidelines for Solidarity Research	250	(3)
Case Examples	253	(3)
Conclusion	256	(3)
Glossary	259	(4)
Name Index	263	(6)
Subject Index	269