What′s Really Said in the Teachers′ Lounge

Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prolific authors in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, and education, having written more than 90 books about a wide range of subjects. He has authored a dozen texts for counselors and therapists that are used in universities around the world and a dozen books each for practicing therapists and educators. Some of his most highly regarded works include Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Divine Madness, Change: What Leads to Personal Transformation, Stories We’ve Heard, Stories We’ve Told: Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life, and Therapy Over 50. He has been an educator for 40 years, having worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, nongovernmental organization, university, community college, private practice, and disaster relief settings. He has served as a Fulbright scholar and senior lecturer in Peru and Iceland, as well as worked as a visiting professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. He is professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton.

• PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL PROVOCATIONSYour Culture Is ShowingClimate of Political CorrectnessJust How Different Are We, Anyway?Some Cultural MisunderstandingsBeauty and Grace in School Rituals - with Richard PowellTeaching As If You Were an AnthropologistPART TWO: PURPOSEFUL ACTIONSBeing and Doing Things Differently in the Classroom - with Ellen KottlerNarrative Approaches to Culture and Learning - with Gerald MonkInternationalizing the Classroom - with Elaine JarchowWhat Matters Most