Research Catalog

Title

Back to reality : a critique of postmodern theory in psychotherapy / Barbara S. Held.

Author

Held, Barbara S.

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton, c1995.

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Description

xii, 296 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

In calling for a modest realism in all psychotherapy theory and practice, Held delineates a realist philosophy of knowing in terms that are accessible to readers who are not philosophers by training. She concludes by considering not only the theoretical implications of adopting an antirealist approach to therapy, but also the ethical/practical implications of that trend.

Subject

• Constructivism (Psychology)
• Eclectic psychotherapy
• Personal Construct Theory
• Postmodernism
• Psychological Theory
• Psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy > Philosophy
• Subjectivity

Note

• "A Norton professional book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-284) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

An introduction to postmodern theory and its use in psychotherapy -- The eclectic therapy movement: a modern scientific realism -- The structure of therapy systems and the realism-antirealism debate -- The narrative therapy movement: a postmodern humanistic antirealism -- epistemological oscillation in narrative therapy: a critique and a hope -- An alternative philosophy of knowing -- Three proposed modestly realist therapy systems -- Ethical and other practical implications of postmodern antirealism in therapy.

ISBN

0393701921

LCCN

^^^95013740^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library