Metaphors in Mind : Transformation Through Symbolic Modelling

Author(s): James Lawley & Penny Lee Tompkins

Narrative Therapy

What do you do as a therapist, teacher, doctor or manager when your client, student, patient or colleague says "It's like I'm hitting my head against a brick wall," "I've got a knot in my stomach" or "I'm looking for the right path to take"? "Metaphors in Mind" describes how to give individuals an opportunity to discover how their symbolic perceptions are organised, what needs to happen for these to change, and how they can develop as a result. Based on David Grove's pioneering therapeutic approach and use of Clean Language, Symbolic Modelling is an emergent, systemic and iterative way of facilitating the psychotherapeutic process. This comprehensive book covers the theory of metaphor, self-organising systems, symbolic modelling, the practice of Clean language, the five-stage therapeutic process, and includes three client transcripts. Contents: FOREWORD by David Grove I BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE 1. Metaphors We Live By 2. Models We Create By II THE HEART OF SYMBOLIC MODELLING 3. Less is More: Basic Clean Language 4. Clean Language Without Words III THE FIVE-STAGE PROCESS 5. Stage 1: Entering the Symbolic Domain 6. Stage 2: Developing Symbolic Perceptions 7. Stage 3: Modelling Symbolic Patterns 8. Stage 4: Encouraging Transformation 9. Stage 5: Maturing the Evolved Landscape IV IN CONCLUSION 10. Outside and Beyond V ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTS Summary of Clean Language Questions Bibliography Index First published 2000.


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  • : 9780953875108
  • : Crown House Publishing
  • : Crown House Publishing
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  • : James Lawley & Penny Lee Tompkins
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