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EDITED BY TAPIO MALINEN, SCOT J. COOPER, FRANK N. THOMAS M A S T E R S O F NARRATIVE A N D COLLABORATIVE T H E R A P I E S THE VOICES OF ANDERSEN, ANDERSON, AND WHITE M a s t e r s o f Narrative a n d Collaborative t h e r a p i e s M a s t e r s o f Narrative a n d Collaborative t h e r a p i e s The Voices of Andersen, Anderson, And WhiTe edited by tapio Malinen, Scot J. cooper, Frank n. thoMaS New York London Routledge Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group 711 Third Avenue 27 Church Road New York, NY 10017 Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA © 2012 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Version Date: 20110613 International Standard Book Number: 978-0-7890-3824-1 (Hardback) 978-0-7890-3825-8 (Paperback) For permission to photocopy or use material electronically from this work, please access www. copyright.com (http://www.copyright.com/) or contact the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400. CCC is a not-for-profit organiza- tion that provides licenses and registration for a variety of users. For organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by the CCC, a separate system of payment has been arranged. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data Masters of narrative and collaborative therapies : the voices of Andersen, Anderson, and White / edited by Tapio Malinen, Scot J. Cooper, Frank N. Thomas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7890-3825-8 (pbk.) 1. Narrative therapy. 2. Psychotherapy. 3. Mental health counseling. I. Malinen, Tapio. II. Cooper, Scot J. III. Thomas, Frank N. RC489.S74M37 2011 616.89’16--dc22 2011005375 Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the Routledge Web site at http://www.routledgementalhealth.com Contents Preface vii contributors i x introduction xxi chaPter 1 an oPening trialogue 1 chaPter 2 Words—universes traveling by 1 7 Tom Andersen chaPter 3 Possibilities of the collaborative aPProach 6 1 HArlene Anderson chaPter 4 scaffolding a theraPeutic conversation 121 micHAel WHiTe chaPter 5 closing trialogue 171 references 179 index 183 v Preface While editing this book, two of its protagonists, Tom Andersen and michael White, died. Tom died in may 2007 from injuries incurred when he fell on the rocky norwegian coast while walking his dog chico. michael died in April 2008 from a heart attack he suffered at a restaurant in the evening after a workshop in san diego. Together with Harlene Anderson, these premiere therapists have shaped the landscapes of therapeutic practice that have come to be known as dialogical, collaborative, and narrative therapies. Although they have their own diverse approaches, they share a common genu- ine curiosity for meaning making as a relational process. Whereas the purpose of modernist theory and practice is to solve problems, cure illness, and achieve scientific advancement, one purpose of the work of these three contributors is to explore what sort of social life becomes possible when one way of talking and acting is employed versus another. Within a format that not only allowed them to share their journeys and practices but also to reflect on each other’s offer- ings, what emerges is a glimpse into their wisdom, compassion, and skill that has invited professionals worldwide to seek their teaching. Within their work, many taken-for-granted ideas and practices are challenged by a more relational framework. For example, the domi- nant notions of “self” and “individuality” as key elements of emotional vii viii Preface health are replaced with connection as one important feature of psy- chological well-being. our skill at seeing processes, or the unity of process and product, has not developed because we are socialized in the Western cul- ture to see only products (things, behaviors, objects, results). For example, we tend to see, experience, and respond to this introduc- tion as a product and not as a moment in an ongoing process (or many processes) that includes the human history of writing, literacy, education, research, history of each specific reader of these words, and so on. We tend also to see, experience, and respond to people as products (identities, labels) rather than as ongoing processes. Yet, each one of us is, at every moment, both being and becoming. each one of us is constantly under one basic characteristic of our exis- tence, impermanence. our wish is that this book could be an example of the process ori- entation in the work of these premier therapists, and how we in the field together with Harlene—and you as a reader of this book—have all the time and the precious opportunity to be part of the life in the death of michael and Tom. Contributors Tom Andersen Harlene Anderson tells us how once in an interview Tom was asked: “How would you like people to see you and talk about you?” Tom answered: Please pay attention to the words and the work, do not pay attention to me as a person. Please be careful and do not say “Tom Andersen developed the reflecting teams”; it was not me. i was fortunate enough to find good friends and colleagues with whom i could converse and they became part of a flow of ideas and the context. i’d rather be seen as an “invisible” and “unheard” person. i am always looking for a larger context. (cited in Anderson, 2005, p. 501) He writes in an article: A person takes part in the world as a being. not the noun Being, but the verb Being: Being-in-the-world, which is: Being-in-(bodily) move- ments, being-in-language, being-in-conversations, being-in-relationships (being-with-others), being-in-culture, being-in-time (being-in-history), being-in-nature, etc. The change is to be differently in either: movements or language or conversations or relationships. (Andersen, 1997, p. 126) ix
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