Contexts and Connections: An Intersubjective Systems Approach to Couples Therapy

By David Shaddock

Book Overview

Shaddock makes sense of intersubjectivity, the functional paradigm shift in highbrow psychotherapy, as both a way of thinking about our psychological lives and a way of doing clinical work. Applying it to relational systems means investigating the experience of each partner/ member from inside his/her perspective and without judgment. The book illustrates how that approach lowers defenses and lets in insights, mutual understanding, and renewed hope; it demonstrates that treatment built on empathic awareness of contexts and connections can actually also lead to individual transformation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465095704
• ISBN13: 9780465095704
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

profound

this book will appeal to any and all therapists of any paradigm. It is invaluable to the help and insights of couples therapy. There are concepts and ideas that will only enhense and make more workable the difficult and intertwinned experience of the couple with the therapist. It is a valuably needed tool in the working with couples.