The Times of Time: A Perspective on Time in Systemic Therapy and Consultation

Author(s) : Luigi Boscolo, Author(s) : Paolo Bertrando

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The Times of Time: A Perspective on Time in Systemic Therapy and Consultation

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : July 2019
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 306
  • Category :
    Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy
  • Catalogue No : 94575
  • ISBN 13 : 9780367226497
  • ISBN 10 : 9780367226
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This is the most comprehensive study of the role of time in psychotherapy. It illustrates how time is experienced in different ways - individual time, family time, and social time - and how time can act as an invaluable metaphor in shaping clinical practice within a systemic approach, while maintaining connections with other approaches, such as psychoanalysis and cognitive therapies.

A seminal volume on this topic, the book looks at issues such as the duration of therapy; the relevance of past, present and future in therapy; and the balance of memory and oblivion. It also includes a discussion of how time is framed in other disciplines, including sociology, history and psychopathology, whilst exploring the concept in practical terms through case vignettes and complete case histories, including the transcripts of actual sessions. The reader is thus given a set of guidelines for dealing with time issues in therapy from a systemic perspective.

Originally published in 1993, the book has been updated to create a dialogue with contemporary theoretical debates, as well as social and technological changes. It will fascinate all psychotherapists, particularly those interested in a systemic practice.

About the Author(s)

Paolo Bertrando MD, PhD, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, was on the faculty of the Milan Centre for Family Therapy from 1993 to 2013. He is currently the Director of the Systemic-Dialogical School of Psychotherapy in Bergamo, Italy. Dr Bertrando is Associate Editor for Italy of the British Journal of Family Therapy. He is the author of several scientific articles and books including The Times of Time and Systemic Therapy with Individuals, both with Luigi Boscolo, and The Dialogical Therapist. His current interests are in the emotional dynamics of systemic therapy, the analysis of contexts in systemic theory and practice, and the consequences of economical and social change on therapists and clients.

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