Emotions and the Therapist - A Systemic-Dialogical Approach (Bertrando Paolo)(Paperback)

Emotions are connected to meaning-making in human interactions. In recent years, systemic theory and practice adopted a dialogical orientation, more centered on the persons of the therapist and her clients. This has led to a growing attention toward emotions, which, in this book, is developed in terms of emotional systems.
An emotional system in therapy may be viewed as the sum of the emotions existing and interacting in people's lives. Relevant changes in life happen when emotional stances and sequences change within the system, leading, for example, to a greater sense of agency or hope, or to a different perception of the situation.
This book deals with key therapeutic questions related to emotions: how can the therapist see her clients in terms of emotional systems? How can she develop a better understanding of her own emotional preferred positions? And how can
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