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Completing Distinctions: Interweaving the Ideas of Gregory Bateson and Taoism into a unique approach to therapy
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Product Description
Completing Distinctions develops a new way of thinking about the connection between problems and solutions for family and systems therapists. The author suggests that addiction and other social and ecological dilemmas stem from the belief that distinctions such as hate and love, sickness and health, or problem and solution are irreconcilable oppositions. Flemons shows how such separations can be completed so that genuine healing can occur in individuals, families, organizations, and ecologies. Written in a playful style, the book includes short client-therapist dialogues that illustrate the author's approach.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1027622 in Books
- Published on: 2001-05-01
- Released on: 2001-05-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 184 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Douglas G. Flemons holds a doctorate in family therapy. He is currently Assistant Professor of Family Therapy at Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Customer Reviews
A bold creative approach
I saw the only review so far was a poor one and this prompted me to speak up for an interesting and thoughtful book - not to balance out the other reviewer, but simply add another plain opinion.
Not often have I read such a rich confluence of ideas as in Flemons' book. I found myself constantly being engaged with the text, scribbling notes, ideas, and disagreements in the margins. It's like taking Goethe/Goodwin's worldviews and growing them with gestalt, taoism, Gregory Bateson, Laws of Form (G. Spencer-Brown) and poetry. The ideas are liquid and though there are many tributaries and turbulent flows, I found it to be clear. Definitely outside the box, as it were!
Didn't understand it
This seemed like the kind of thing I would like from the title, but I could not understand it. If I could understand it I might give a better review.
I don't think my lack of understanding is entirely my fault. I'm capable of understanding much - college graduate and all that.
Perhaps this one of those things that can be understood, but for which I am not prepared to understand.
Perhaps you would like to have a go. Good luck.
