Logic of Therapeutic Change

Elisa Balbi is a psychotherapist, teacher, and supervisor at the Post Graduate School of Brief Strategic Therapy in Arezzo, Italy. Giorgio Nardone is director of Centro di Terapia Strategica (Strategic Therapy Center) and of the Post Graduate School of Brief Strategic Therapy Center in Arezzo, Italy. He is also professor of Brief Psychotherapy at the Post Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, University of Siena, Italy. He has published numerous articles and several books translated into many foreign languages. He is renowed as one of the most creative therapists and authors in the field of Brief Strategic Therapy and Strategic Problem Solving. his systematic and effective models for treating phobic, obsessive disorders and eating disorders are followed by many psychotherapists all around the world.

'On the level of theory, as well as on the level of practice, the creativity of Giorgio Nardone allows him to be the best representative of the strategic approach in psychotherapy today.'- Mony Elkaim, MD, Honorary Professor, Free University of Brussels'In this engaging and thoughtful exposition, readers will learn how to use strategic thinking and non-ordinary logic to improve clinician outcomes. Invest in these principles and the interests of clients will quickly and decisively accrue.'- Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD, Director and Founder, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation'It is rare to find a book that makes a new contribution to effective therapy. The Logic of Therapeutic Change is such a book, offering a refreshing and needed reconsideration of how to do therapy effectively. Founded on decades of research from Gregory Bateson's Palo Alto Group and the Mental Research Institute (MRI), anyone familiar with Giorgio Nardone's earlier work can see how this volume solidifies his vital place in a body of empirical literature that has emerged on how to promote effective change with people caught up in seemingly intransigent difficulties in living.'- Wendel A. Ray, PhD, Spkyer Endowed Chair of Marriage and Family Therapy, University of Louisiana - Monroe, and Former Director and Senior Research Fellow, MRI, Palo Alto, California

• ABOUT THE AUTHORS FOREWORD CHAPTER ONE Non-ordinary logic CHAPTER TWO Self-deceptions and interactions CHAPTER THREE Change CHAPTER FOUR Change and performative language CHAPTER FIVE Learning CHAPTER SIX The logics of ambivalence CHAPTER SEVEN Operational concepts, therapeutic stratagems CHAPTER EIGHT Therapeutic stratagems: clinical examples REFERENCES INDEX