ABSTRACT
In this volume, Boszormenyi-Nagy and Krasner provide a comprehensive, sharply focused guide to the clinical use of Contextual Therapy (CT) as a therapy rooted in the reality of human relationships. The authors describe a far-reaching trust-based approach to individual freedom and interpersonal fairness that makes possible a remarkably effective system of psychotherapy. Between Give and Take clearly delineates four basic dimensions of relational reality: factual predeterminants, human psychology, communications and transactions and due consideration or merited trust. It is this last dimension that is the cornerstone of CT. It builds on the realm of the "between" that reshapes human relationships and liberates each relating person for mature living.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |37 pages
Premises
part |93 pages
Outlines of the Human Context
chapter |24 pages
The Four Dimensions of Relational Reality
chapter |25 pages
Three Aspects of the Dialogue Between Persons
chapter |36 pages
Dialogue Between the Person and the Human Context
part |61 pages
Assessing the Context
chapter |16 pages
The Client-Therapist Dialogue
chapter |43 pages
Assessing Relational Reality
part |36 pages
The Process of Therapy
part |98 pages
Therapeutic Methods
chapter |28 pages
A Case Illustration
chapter |7 pages
Starting Therapy
chapter |32 pages
Multidirected Partiality
chapter |18 pages
Contextual Work with Marriage
part |61 pages
Applications and Guidelines
chapter |12 pages
The Evolving Face of Marriage
chapter |11 pages
Divorce and Remarriage
chapter |19 pages
Parenting Problems
chapter |17 pages
Other Applications of Contextual Therapy
part |15 pages
Therapists in Context