The Heart's Narrative: Therapy and Navigating Life's Contradictions
A counsellor and therapist for twenty years Bird looks at the theraputic process and various directions it has taken, particularly over the last ten years. She is co-founder of the Family Therapy Centre in Auckland and regularly teaches overseas.
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| ISBN |
9780473065584 |
| Published |
1 December 2002 |
| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2nd Revised edition |
| Author(s) |
By Bird, Johnella |
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| ISBN-13 |
9780473065584 |
| ISBN-10 |
0473065584 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Showing available from publisher, allow 2-4 weeks for delivery |
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| Publisher |
unlisted |
| Imprint |
Edge Press |
| Publication Date |
1 December 2002
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| Publication Country |
 New Zealand |
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| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2nd Revised edition |
| Edition |
2nd Revised edition |
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| Author(s) |
By Bird, Johnella |
| Category |
Psychology
Welfare & Benefit Systems
Psychotherapy
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| Interest Age |
All ages |
| Reading Age |
All ages |
| NBS Text |
Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology: Professional |
| ONIX Text |
Professional and scholarly |
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| Number of Pages |
358 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 150mm
Height: 230mm
Spine: 25mm |
| Weight |
Not specified - defaults to 600g |
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| Dewey Code |
Not specified |
| Catalogue Code |
Not specified |
Description of this Book
The Heart's Narrative provides us with new ways to work with people who have suffered traumatic injuries, such as, sexual, physical and emotional abuse. Johnella exposes how language can be used in quite subtle ways to undermine, render invisible, pathologise and oppress. She shows us how we can inadvertently use the power we have to impose our understandings upon people (clients) but she also offers questions and strategies to help us reflect upon how we use power and language. The following chapter list of chapter headings shows the range of topics discussed in The Heart's Narrative: Introduction; Chapter One Just Talk; Chapter Two Therapeutic Narratives in Action; Chapter Three The Therapeutic Relationship; Chapter Four Building The Therapeutic Relationship; Chapter Five Working With Contradictions; Chapter Six Working With Time; Chapter Seven Where There Is A Relationship There Is Gender; Chapter Eight Trust And Fear; Chapter Nine Disconnection and Desperation; Chapter Ten Endings; In its tone and style, The Heart's Narrative challenges the remote 'objective' analytical style by reflecting Bird's passion for real human experience. To read it is to enjoy a rare combination of intellectual rigour and accessible, personal talk. Her many examples, in the form of people's own stories, are powerful, moving and occasionally wrenching.
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