Jim Wilson is a systemic psychotherapist working within the National Health Service in Wales. His publications are widely used in the field of family therapy and related disciplines. He is former chairperson of the Centre for Child Studies at the Institute of Family Therapy, London and former chair of The Family Institute in Wales. He provides training supervision and consultation to professionals and organisations in the UK, mainland Europe, South America, and East Asia.
Contemporary practices in mental health (and social care) are increasingly characterized by approaches that overly simplify social, political, and psychological concerns. The persistence and ubiquity... (more)
The author, with over twenty years of experience of working with children, writes refreshingly about the practical aspects of his work. He takes traditional and contemporary theories and explains... (more)
'This book is about how to maintain an aliveness to the possibilities in therapy and practice and how to challenge ideas of orthodoxy in theory and methodologies that can become stale or followed... (more)