Rewriting Family Scripts: Improvisation and Systems Change - Brossura

Byng-Hall, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1572300663 ISBN 13: 9781572300668

Casa editrice: Guilford Press, 1996

Riassunto

Families can develop self-destructive routines so predictable that members seem to be following a script; each one coming in on cue as the plot unfolds. Such scripts can be altered, however, when families in therapy learn how to improvise new patterns of relating. Rewriting Family Scripts presents an innovative approach to doing just that; incorporating into family therapy elements of script theory and recent findings in attachment research, including those related to narrative.
Developing a new systematic attachment concept, "the secure family base", from which individual members can feel safe enough to explore and improvise new scripts, author John Byng-Hall shows how families can change insecure relationship patterns both during and after therapy.
Clearly written, jargon-free, and illustrated with detailed clinical case material, this book presents a comprehensive conceptual framework that illuminates the central issues of family therapy practice. This book is aimed at family and marital therapists and other therapists working with individuals, families or groups, who are interested in understanding and improving family dynamics. It also serves as a text in courses on family and marital therapy and courses on attachment theory.

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L'autore

John Byng-Hall is a Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic. He has published widely on topics such as family myths, legends, and scripts; attachments within the family; adolescence; and the impact of chronic illness within the family. He has also presented his ideas at international conferences. He was trained at Cambridge University, University College Hospital London, the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals, and at the Tavistock Clinic. He is a past Chair of the Institute of Family Therapy, London.

Contenuti

Part I: From Scripts to Improvisation. Secure Enough to Improvise. Nature of Scripts. Identification across Generations. Rewriting Family Scripts. A Case Example. Part II: Creating a Secure Family Base. Security in the Family. Therapy and Supervision as Secure Bases. Myths and Legends about Security. Resolving Care-Control Conflicts. Resolving Distance Conflicts. Positive Framing of Parenting Scripts. Part III: Re-editing Scripts in Changing Circumstances. Scripts in Formation of a New Family. Grieving Scripts. Disrupted Scripts: Breakup and Disability.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Guilford Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1572300663
• ISBN 13: 9781572300668
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288