Sheila McNamee, Department of Communication, UNH

This book bridges scholarly forms of inquiry and practitioners' daily activites. It introduces inquirty as a process of relationsal construction, offereing resources to practitioners who want to reflect on how their work generates practical effects.

Available from Routledge Press

Microtraining Videos

Purity vs. Promiscuity in Therapeutic Practice: If Rembrandt met Picasso, How Would their Conversation Go?
Sheila McNamee, University of New Hampshire
Product ID: 978-1-4631-1184-7
Price: $109.00

Family Therapy has continually confronted choices between polarized positions—for example, structural, strategic, solution-focused, narrative -- each one taken up with zeal because it solved an old dilemma but eventually encountering its own limitations. In this dynamic presentation, Sheila McNamee suggest that we have evolved to a point where, instead of deciding which is better, we can focus on how to use theories, models, and techniques as fluid and flexible resources for action in the therapeutic conversation. Doing so focuses our attention on how we can move in and out of various positions including those that simplify issues and those that embrace complexity.

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Therapy as Social Construction: Introduction, Clinical Consultation and Reflecting Team
Sheila McNamee, University of New Hampshire; Julie Tilsen, Ph.D., International Center for Clinical Excellence
Product ID: 978-1-4631-1185-4
Price: $169.00

Sheila McNamee, interviewed by Julie Tilsen, discusses the generative potential of therapy as social construction. As a philosophical stance, social construction positions us to view therapy as a conversational process not defined by nor limited to the specifications of particular models or the use of fixed techniques. This is followed by a consultation with Jeff, a therapist feeling “stuck” with a client. Sheila works to open up possibilities for Jeff and his client by engaging in a fluid conversation fueled by curiosity and propelled by the generative and reflexive commentary of a reflecting team.

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