Metaphors in Mind: Transformation Through Symbolic Modelling - Softcover

James Derek Lawley; Penny Lee Tompkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953875105 ISBN 13: 9780953875108

Publisher: Developing Company Press, 2000

Synopsis

What do you do as a therapist, teacher, doctor or manager when your client, student, patient or colleague says "It's like I'm hitting my head against a brick wall," "I've got a knot in my stomach" or "I'm looking for the right path to take"? Metaphors in Mind describes how to give individuals an opportunity to discover how their symbolic perceptions are organised, what needs to happen for these to change, and how they can develop as a result. Based on David Grove's pioneering therapeutic approach and use of Clean Language, Symbolic Modelling is an emergent, systemic and iterative way of facilitating the psychotherapeutic process. This comprehensive book covers the theory of metaphor, self-organising systems, symbolic modelling, the practice of Clean Language, the five-stage therapeutic process, and includes three client transcripts.

About this title

About the Author

Penny Tompkins and James Lawley are co-developers of Symbolic Modelling and leading authorities on the use of self-originated metaphor for personal and professional development.Penny and James are supervising psychotherapists registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) since 1993.

Edition details

• Publisher: Developing Company Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953875105
• ISBN 13: 9780953875108
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336