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Author: Jan Olthof ,
Beverley Jackson ,
Gertha Sijbers
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780367103460
ISBN 10: 036710346
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 14 June 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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This book is a blueprint not just for narrative psychotherapy, but for the entire field of psychotherapy. Zigzagging through a range of nomadic landscapes, Jan Olthof skilfully outlines the true nature of the human being, Homo fabulans. He has succeeded in providing the reader with new eyes. All those who take a serious interest in narrative approaches to therapy will find this book a true delight to read and will undoubtedly take it to heart. --Col. Eric Vermetten, psychiatrist and professor at Leiden University Medical Centre, head of research at Dutch Military Mental Health Care, adjunct professor at New York University School of Medicine Jan Olthof's handbook is a reference companion for the therapy artisan wandering the uncharted, ever-shifting landscapes of the inner and interpersonal. In this framework, like the author's famous Russian dolls, nest many unexpected, delightful and thought-provoking references to philosophy, narrative therapy, poetry, literature, popular culture and the plastic arts. The book's epilogue, like the smallest and innermost matryoshka, strikes the deepest chord by invoking the question: what can psychotherapy mean in our post- post-modern world of foam ? I think this book is a possible answer. --Dan Dolberger, psychologist and family and couple therapist specializing in NVR-oriented systemic interventions, and director of the Tel Aviv Center for Non-Violent Resistance Psychology With just the right blend of theory, philosophy and practice, this handbook full of stories and therapeutic experiences is an example of 'craft in action.' Jan Olthof invites the reader to embrace uncertainty and join him in a nomadic journey of the not yet known. A space where author and reader will encounter the excitement and the adventures of being a narrative therapist in the making. --Sylvia London, MA, LMFT, therapist, supervisor, trainer, coach and speaker at Grupo Campos Eliseos, Ciudad de Mexico Weaving together many decades of highly reflective lived clinical experience and the most innovative and ground-breaking traditions in our field, this handbook soars. In this day and age, when the commodification of therapy runs the risk of depriving it of real human encounter, Jan Olthof brings back the person of the therapist - the therapist whose expertise grows as he learns to be more comfortable in his position of thoughtful uncertainty, and whose mind allows itself to search unexplored avenues in ways that are both creative and disciplined. Reading the Handbook has felt like coming home - and learning afresh. -- (05/05/2017) This book shows us the close relationship between psychotherapeutic and literary or artistic ways of thinking and acting. It is an antidote against the technical emphases that threaten to dry up the profession. Together with Jan Olthof, we make a nomadic excursion into the fantastic world of our clients and the often no less fantastic world of our therapeutic reactions. I recommend it to all of us who feel the need to find an oasis in our work. -- (05/05/2017)
"""This book shows us the close relationship between psychotherapeutic and literary or artistic ways of thinking and acting. It is an antidote against the technical emphases that threaten to dry up the profession. Together with Jan Olthof, we make a nomadic excursion into the fantastic world of our clients and the often no less fantastic world of our therapeutic reactions. I recommend it to all of us who feel the need to find an oasis in our work.""-- (05/05/2017) ""Weaving together many decades of highly reflective lived clinical experience and the most innovative and ground-breaking traditions in our field, this handbook soars. In this day and age, when the commodification of therapy runs the risk of depriving it of real human encounter, Jan Olthof brings back the person of the therapist - the therapist whose expertise grows as he learns to be more comfortable in his position of thoughtful uncertainty, and whose mind allows itself to search unexplored avenues in ways that are both creative and disciplined. Reading the Handbook has felt like coming home - and learning afresh.""-- (05/05/2017) ""With just the right blend of theory, philosophy and practice, this handbook full of stories and therapeutic experiences is an example of 'craft in action.' Jan Olthof invites the reader to embrace uncertainty and join him in a nomadic journey of the not yet known. A space where author and reader will encounter the excitement and the adventures of being a narrative therapist in the making.""--Sylvia London, MA, LMFT, therapist, supervisor, trainer, coach and speaker at Grupo Campos Eliseos, Ciudad de México ""Jan Olthof's handbook is a reference companion for the therapy artisan wandering the uncharted, ever-shifting landscapes of the inner and interpersonal. In this framework, like the author's famous Russian dolls, nest many unexpected, delightful and thought-provoking references to philosophy, narrative therapy, poetry, literature, popular culture and the plastic arts. The book's epilogue, like the smallest and innermost matryoshka, strikes the deepest chord by invoking the question: what can psychotherapy mean in our post- post-modern ""world of foam""? I think this book is a possible answer.""--Dan Dolberger, psychologist and family and couple therapist specializing in NVR-oriented systemic interventions, and director of the Tel Aviv Center for Non-Violent Resistance Psychology ""This book is a blueprint not just for narrative psychotherapy, but for the entire field of psychotherapy. Zigzagging through a range of nomadic landscapes, Jan Olthof skilfully outlines the true nature of the human being, Homo fabulans. He has succeeded in providing the reader with new eyes. All those who take a serious interest in narrative approaches to therapy will find this book a true delight to read and will undoubtedly take it to heart.""--Col. Eric Vermetten, psychiatrist and professor at Leiden University Medical Centre, head of research at Dutch Military Mental Health Care, adjunct professor at New York University School of Medicine"
""This book shows us the close relationship between psychotherapeutic and literary or artistic ways of thinking and acting. It is an antidote against the technical emphases that threaten to dry up the profession. Together with Jan Olthof, we make a nomadic excursion into the fantastic world of our clients and the often no less fantastic world of our therapeutic reactions. I recommend it to all of us who feel the need to find an oasis in our work.""-- (05/05/2017) ""Weaving together many decades of highly reflective lived clinical experience and the most innovative and ground-breaking traditions in our field, this handbook soars. In this day and age, when the commodification of therapy runs the risk of depriving it of real human encounter, Jan Olthof brings back the person of the therapist - the therapist whose expertise grows as he learns to be more comfortable in his position of thoughtful uncertainty, and whose mind allows itself to search unexplored avenues in ways that are both creative and disciplined. Reading the Handbook has felt like coming home - and learning afresh.""-- (05/05/2017) ""With just the right blend of theory, philosophy and practice, this handbook full of stories and therapeutic experiences is an example of 'craft in action.' Jan Olthof invites the reader to embrace uncertainty and join him in a nomadic journey of the not yet known. A space where author and reader will encounter the excitement and the adventures of being a narrative therapist in the making.""--Sylvia London, MA, LMFT, therapist, supervisor, trainer, coach and speaker at Grupo Campos Eliseos, Ciudad de México ""Jan Olthof's handbook is a reference companion for the therapy artisan wandering the uncharted, ever-shifting landscapes of the inner and interpersonal. In this framework, like the author's famous Russian dolls, nest many unexpected, delightful and thought-provoking references to philosophy, narrative therapy, poetry, literature, popular culture and the plastic arts. The book's epilogue, like the smallest and innermost matryoshka, strikes the deepest chord by invoking the question: what can psychotherapy mean in our post- post-modern ""world of foam""? I think this book is a possible answer.""--Dan Dolberger, psychologist and family and couple therapist specializing in NVR-oriented systemic interventions, and director of the Tel Aviv Center for Non-Violent Resistance Psychology ""This book is a blueprint not just for narrative psychotherapy, but for the entire field of psychotherapy. Zigzagging through a range of nomadic landscapes, Jan Olthof skilfully outlines the true nature of the human being, Homo fabulans. He has succeeded in providing the reader with new eyes. All those who take a serious interest in narrative approaches to therapy will find this book a true delight to read and will undoubtedly take it to heart.""--Col. Eric Vermetten, psychiatrist and professor at Leiden University Medical Centre, head of research at Dutch Military Mental Health Care, adjunct professor at New York University School of Medicine
