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Title:
Language, structure, and change : frameworks of meaning in psychotherapy
Author:
Efran, Jay S.
ISBN:
9780393701036
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Norton, ©1990.
Physical Description:
xvi, 231 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
"A Norton professional book"--Page [ii].
Contents:
Professional doubts -- A better alternative: structure determinism -- Making distinctions -- The drift of living -- The myth of instructive interaction -- Stories, explanations, and problems -- The confusing world of cause, purpose, and blame -- Contractual understandings -- Coupling, orthogonality, and problem-solving -- Emotions, preferences, and attachments -- Therapy as inquiry.