Table of Contents

Creating The Space: The Give And Take Of Theory And Practice * Onions and Pyramids * Less Confining Spaces: From Modern Traditions to Postmodern Possibilities * Setting the Stage * Therapy Systems as Language- and Meaning-Generating Systems * A Philosophical Stance: Therapists Position, Expertise, and Responsibility * Therapy as Dialogical Conversation * Client Voices: Practical Advice from the Experts on How to Create Dialogical Conversations and Collaborative Relationships * A Glimpse of a Good MotherBad Mother Story Searching For Meanings In Meanings * Knowledge and Language * Self: Narrative, Identity, and Agency Broadening The Space * Beyond Postmodern Therapy

About the Author

Harlene Anderson, Ph.D., is a founding member of the Houston Galveston Institute and the Taos Institute. She lives in Houston, Texas, and teaches and consults internationally.