Intimacy Paradox

Personal Authority in the Family System

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Although most people physically leave home by their early 20s, emotional separation from one's family is a more difficult process that can continue for a lifetime. Now available in paper for the first time, this acclaimed book addresses the struggle of adults to establish autonomy without sacrificing family connections. Donald S. Williamson presents personal authority therapy, an approach designed to simultaneously foster individual development and family-of-origin intimacy. Therapists are taken step by step through conducting individual, couple, and small group sessions that culminate in several sessions with each client and his or her parents. Writing with sensitivity and humor, the author demonstrates effective ways to help adult children construct new personal and family narratives, resolve intergenerational intimidation, and enjoy healthier, more equal relationships with parents and significant others.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-09-26
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt446 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieGuilford Family Therapy
Antal sidor305
FörlagGuilford Publications
ISBN9781572308152

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I. Personal Authority Theory1. Personal Authority in the Family System: An Overview2. Background Theoretical Assumptions3. Personal Authority: The Construct in Theoretical ContextII. Personal Authority Method: The Play's the Thing4. Setting the Scene: Playful Interventions as a Method of Therapy5. Auditioning and Casting: Background Preparations for the Conversations with Parents6. Black Out Sketches: The Group at Play7. The Rehearsal: Preparing the Client for Political Renegotiations with Parents8. Scheduling the Performance and Contract Negotiating with the Players9. Writing the Script: The In-Office Agenda for the Primary Triangle/m-/Part 1. The Parents Speak10. Writing the Script: The In-Office Agenda for the Primary Triangle/m-/Part 2. The Client Responds and the Consultant Reflects11. Performing Outdoors: New Life at the Graveyard/m-/Renegotiation with a Deceased Former Parent12. Production Problems: Limitations to the MethodIII. Personal Authority Contextual Issues13. Personal Authority: The Personal Story14. Personal and Professional Authority in Professional Life15. Personal Authority, Professional Authority, and Physical Health16. Personal Authority and Gender Differences: Typecasting, Linda M. Walsh17. Beyond Personal AuthorityIV. Personal Authority Research18. The Personal Authority in the Family System Questionnaire: Assessment of Intergenerational Family Relationships, James H. Bray

'This fascinating and provocative book reflects a wide and deep understanding of systems ideas. Williamson asks the question: 'How does one leave home emotionally and yet remain lovingly connected with one's family of origin?'...His is a thought-provoking and controversial view...full of humor and clinical nuggets as well as profound ideas. - Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, PhD (h.c.)'Any person who has ever seen or heard Don Williamson speak knows he is a master at melding his personal life with his theoretical and therapeutic work. In - The Intimacy Paradox, Williamson has succeeded in writing what he does so well in his presentations. This book is the authoritative work on the concept of personal authority in the family system.''An interesting, theoretically sophisticated, and useful guide.' - AFTA Newsletter'Williamson is utterly persuasive when making the case that achieving wholeness of the self cannot be best built on separation of that self from the parents of origin ... He makes his points in a context of respect for the client, the client's spouse, and the client's parents albeit a context that is open to play and humor and not taking itself too seriously. Williamson not too seriously does very serious work.' - Contemporary Psychology