Raphael J Becvar, Dorothy Stroh Becvar, Lynne V Reif

The Paradox of Mental Health

Toward Systemic and Social Constructionist Therapies

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Produktbeschreibung

Uses systemic theories to challenge how the medical model is used to treat mental illness today, encouraging practitioners to embrace uncertainty and curiosity and to help clients develop a conscious philosophical outlook.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881802240
• Artikelnr.: 71676744

Autorenporträt

By Raphael J. Becvar; Dorothy Stroh Becvar and Lynne V. Reif - Foreword by Benjamin J. Evans; Johnny Faulkner and Amy Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Benjamin J. Evans, Johnny Faulkner, and Amy Smith
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Paradoxes of Mental Health/Illness: Philosophy and Theory
Chapter 1: The Paradox of Mental Health: On the Limits of Living
Consciously
Chapter 2: Believing is Seeing: Exploring the Limits of Knowing
Chapter 3: Before the Beginning
Chapter 4: Contributions from Social Science and Mental Health
Professionals
Chapter 5: On the Clinical Bias
Chapter 6: Conceptual Bites in Summary of the Paradox
Chapter 7: Wondering
Part II: Systemic and Social Constructionist Concepts for Therapy
Chapter 8: About Systems Theory, Constructivism, and Social
Constructionism.
Chapter 9: Requiem for Systemic Marital and Family Therapy
Chapter 10: The Ecosystemic Story: Implications for Therapists
Chapter 11: Reflections on Values in Systems Theory and Social
Constructionism
Chapter 12: A Story about Systemic and Social Constructionist Therapy
Chapter 13: Afterword
References
Index
About the Authors