Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy

by ParT; David A.

• ISBN13: 9780789017864
• ISBN10: 0789017865
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-01-16
• 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	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Foreword	p. xxiii
Acknowledgments	p. xxix
Introduction: Toward an Ethic of Hospitality	p. 1
Theory: Beyond Persuasion--Theorizing Without Violence
Social Construction As Practical Theory: Lessons for Practice and Reflection in Psychotherapy	p. 9
Persuasion As Pervasive	p. 11
Providing a Conversational Arena	p. 13
Social Construction	p. 14
Meaning As Relational	p. 15
From Method to Daily Engagements (Performances)	p. 17
Social Construction As Practical Theory	p. 19
Therapy Theory After the Postmodern Turn	p. 23
Our Postmodern Turn	p. 25
The New Vision of Affirmative Postmodernism	p. 27
Creating Paralogy	p. 31
Summary and Conclusion	p. 34
Collaboration Within a Pragmatic Tradition: The Psychotherapeutic Legacy of William James	p. 41
Introduction	p. 42
If There Was a Jamesian Clinical Tradition...	p. 42
Pluralism, Skepticism, and Radical Empiricism--What Might This Mean for a Collaborative Therapy?	p. 45
Empirically Informed Therapy	p. 47
Pragmatic Clinical Practice	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 53
Knowing More Than We Can Say	p. 55
Postmodern Discourse	p. 56
Trying to Face the Unsayable	p. 59
Into the Therapist	p. 61
Toward Practice	p. 63
On the Way to "Presence": Methods of a "Social Poetics"	p. 69
Mutual Responsivity	p. 71
From Fixity to Fluidity, from Entanglements to Self-Respect: Conversational Ethics	p. 74
Orienting Images and Examples: Methods of a Social Poetics	p. 75
Conclusion: The Conversational-Poetic Stance	p. 78
Therapy: "Knowing-With" In Therapeutic Practice
Relational Attunement: Internal and External Reflections on Harmonizing with Clients	p. 85
Four Ways of Knowing	p. 87
Slowing Myself Down to Stay Closer to Clients' Meanings	p. 89
Being Transparent	p. 90
How Can I Help?	p. 91
Ways to Ask for Feedback	p. 93
Closing Moments	p. 94
Talking About "Knowing-With" (Like a Team!)	p. 97
A Room of Their Own	p. 109
Initial Formulation and Application of the Intervention	p. 110
Subsequent Applications of the Intervention	p. 113
Theoretical Possibilities: Space, Status, and the Struggle for Recognition	p. 114
Alternative Applications	p. 117
Young People and Adults in a Team Against Harassment: Bringing Forth Student Knowledge and Skill	p. 121
Working As Adults with a Team of Young People	p. 123
Stepping Back As Adults	p. 125
Discovering Student Knowledge	p. 126
Passing on Student Mediation Knowledge	p. 127
Team Building	p. 129
Future Planning and Directions	p. 130
Trust	p. 131
Knowing-With: Moral Questions of Relationship	p. 133
First Vignette	p. 136
Second Vignette	p. 138
Third Vignette	p. 140
Final Thoughts	p. 141
Supervision and Training: Relational Practices
Countercultural Therapy: An Attempt to Match Pedagogy to Practice	p. 145
Introducing Social Constructionist and Critical Psychology into Clinical Psychology Training	p. 157
Introduction	p. 157
Contexts for Training	p. 158
Practice Examples in Academic Teaching	p. 159
Storying Counselors: Producing Professional Selves in Supervision	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
Counselor Author-ity in Supervision	p. 172
Some Problems with Developmental Assumptions	p. 175
Multiple Voices: Producing Possibilities for Practice	p. 176
Sharing the Cloak: Relational Responsibility in Supervision	p. 179
Stories for Action: The Work of Supervision	p. 180
Power, Gender, and Accountability in Supervision	p. 183
Historical Context	p. 185
Mentoring or Monitoring?	p. 186
Constructions of Power in Supervision	p. 187
The Project	p. 188
Findings and Discussion	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 195
Respectful Super-Vision: Avoiding Relational Violence	p. 199
Deconstructing Super-Vision	p. 200
Our Supervision History/Herstory: Does It Have Anything to Teach Us?	p. 201
Preferred versus Nonpreferred Supervisor Adjectives	p. 204
More Questions to Consider	p. 204
What Does All This Mean?	p. 205
Concluding Remarks	p. 210
Research: Exploring from Within--Collaborative Research Practices
Meaningful Moments As Collaborative Accomplishments: Research from Within Consultative Dialogue	p. 213
Research As Conversation	p. 214
Research and the Immediacies of Conversation	p. 215
Conversation and the Yet-to-Be-Spoken	p. 216
Conversational Research from Within	p. 217
Variations on a Poetic Method	p. 218
Some Ethical Caveats	p. 221
Implications	p. 223
"Acting-With": Partisan Participant Observation As a Social-Practice Basis for Shared Knowing	p. 229
The Radical in Social Constructionism...	p. 230
...And Some of Its Limitations	p. 231
Relational Violence As a Structural Phenomenon	p. 232
Partisan Participant Observation As an Attempt to Minimize Structural Relational Violence	p. 234
Conclusion	p. 237
Research and Solidarity: Partnerships for Knowing with Community Members	p. 243
Research Partnerships for Solidarity	p. 244
Values in Solidarity Research	p. 246
Guidelines for Solidarity Research	p. 250
Case Examples	p. 253
Conclusion	p. 256
Glossary	p. 259
Name Index	p. 263
Subject Index	p. 269
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