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Therapeutic Realities: Collaboration, Oppression and Relational Flow
Kenneth, J Gergen

Taos Institute Publishing, 2006

Social constructionist thought transforms psychotherapy, opening new vistas in understanding and practice. This work provides a brief introduction to social construction, and then illuminates the landscape of change. Special emphasis is given to topics of therapeutic communication, narrative, and therapeutic practices both traditional and contemporary. Critical chapters focus on the oppression of psychodiagnostic categories and the ...

The Saturated Self

7 reviews
Kenneth J Gergen

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1991

A Brilliant Portrait of Postmodern Culture
Ken Gergen does an amazing job of painting the picture of fragmented contemporary in this well-written and compelling book. A definite must read for anyone interested in social psychology or technology and postmodern culture.

Constructing Worlds Together: Interpersonal Communication as Relational Process
Kenneth J. Gergen, Stuart M. Schrader, ...

Allyn & Bacon, 2008

Accompanied by author analysis and contemporary applications, this collection of readings, reflections and invitations to dialogue make Interpersonal Communication: Making Worlds Together a highly readable yet sophisticated text that is well-suited for today’s interpersonal communication course. Theoretical essays, research reports, narratives and ethnographic studies, have been carefully selected by the authors for their clarity and ...

The Analysis of Psychological Theory: Metapsychological Perspectives
Henderikus J. Stam, Timothy B. Rogers, ...

Hemisphere Publishing, 1987

It is not the aim of this volume to furnish a full introduction or review of metapsychological analysis. The scope of such an analysis can scarcely be envisioned. Instead, we have attempted to assemble chapters that call attention to critical problems in contemporary psychology, and do so in a way that gives metapsychology a specialized identity and function. The introduction lays the groundwork. Here Gergen discusses several major themes with ...

Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction

1 review
Kenneth J. Gergen

Harvard University Press, 1997

Important work for Social Constructivism
Another fine work by one of the world's leading post-modern theorists out of the social constructivist school. Gergen focuses on nature of interpersonal relationships in the modern day era in a book that equally intellectually stimulating and eminently readable. Readings on social constructivism are not for everyone. However, Gergen is worth experiencing in some way. Those who are ...

Horizons in Buddhist Psychology

5 reviews

Taos Institute Publications, 2006

So many takeaways! A must-have for living and working with positive intention
This book brings out the best of both authors' unique talents and strengths (what a beautiful partnership Jackie and Cheri make!). I love the book's balance of theory with practical (home tested!) exercises for integrating AI into one's EVERY DAY CONVERSATIONS, work and family relationships. The takeaways are numerous, and I find myself more and more intentional about the questions I ask and ...

Construir la realidad / Building the Reality: El Futuro de la Psicoterapia / The Future of Psychotherapy ...
Kenneth J. Gergen

Ediciones Paidos Iberica, 2006

Everyday Understanding: Social and Scientific Implications (Inquiries in Social Construction series)

SAGE Publications, 1990

Combining the talents of a culturally diverse, international group of scholars, this important volume critically examines the most significant strands in the ongoing debate surrounding lay theories. The main focus is with people's everyday understanding of the world, and more directly, their understandings of themselves and others. Contributors explore the status and origins of lay understandings, how they are generated, how they are assessed, ...

Relational Responsibility: Resources for Sustainable Dialogue

1 review

Sage Publications, Inc, 1998

Fascinating book built around an important idea
I just finished reading Sheila McNamee and Kenneth Gergen's new book, Relational Responsibility: Resources for Sustainable Dialogue. (Sage 1999). I am so impressed. This book deals with profound issues, and the authors dig deeply into the quagmire of hurt and complexity that haunt all human relationships. The authors call to our attention the way in which Western culture has seduced us ...

Historical Dimensions of Psychological Discourse

Cambridge University Press, 2006

In this volume, prominent American and European scholars explore the historical shaping of psychological discourse. Speaking from several disciplinary standpoints, contributors focus on the ideological, intellectual, political, economic, and literary forces that enter into the cultural construction of mental life. In its explorations, the volume not only challenges the reality of the unquestioned world of everyday life, but raises fundamental ...

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