Therapeutic Conversations

Using the new narrative approach, this book presents work centring around the idea that psychotherapy is primarily a special kind of conversation that elicits clients' strengths, competencies and solutions. The therapist is seen as an expert in creating conversations that reveal clients' expertise and empower them to change. Contributors include Bill O'Hanlon, Steve de Shazer, Michael White, David Epston, Stephen Gilligan and Michele Weiner-Davis.