PSY3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter ?: Narrative Therapy, Social Constructionism, Deconstruction
29 Oct 2018
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Some contemporary founders of post- modern therapies: a collective effort by many! Introduction to social constructionism: reality and truth= bound by history and context rather than objective facts, modernists: therapy when someone deviates too far from objective norm. Want help (cid:396)etu(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g to (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)al(cid:863) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396: pm"s do(cid:374)"t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e (cid:396)ealities e(cid:454)ist i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t of o(cid:271)se(cid:396)(cid:448)atio(cid:374)al p(cid:396)o(cid:272)esses a(cid:374)d of the language system they are described. The collaborative language systems approach: therapist takes a not knowing position. Solution-focused brief therapy: future-focused, goal-oriented approach to brief therapy, optimistic, anti-deterministic, future-orientated, clients have the ability to change quickly, clients can create a problem-free language as they strive for a new reality. Help them recognize this and apply them to solutions. Can help them move from fixed problem state to a world w/new possibilities. Shift their perception away from problem-saturated stories through counselors skillful use of language: looking for what is working. Focus on what is working rather than problem-focused.
