Innovations in the Reflecting Process

Harlene Anderson (USA) is a Founding Member of the Houston Galveston Institute and Assistant Professor of Psychology, Our Lady of the Lake University, Houston. She is internationally recognised as a leader in the field of family therapy and for her postmodern collaborative approach to therapy and education. Per Jensen (Norway) is an Associate Professor, Masters Programme in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice, Diakonhjemmet University College, Oslo, Norway.

'This is an important book for our Series [the Systemic Thinking and Practice Series]. It brings together people who have either previously contributed books to this Series or have been present in many volumes through the force and influence of their ideas. The book engages the reader at two levels. On one level it demonstrates how the ideas that Tom Andersen promulgates can be developed, or, as it seems in several chapters, how they can act as a springboard for other major contributors to the family therapy field such as Hoffman, Seikkula, Shotter and Harlene Anderson to develop and refine their own theoretical positions. Central to these authors are Andersen's notion of respect, resourcefulness of clients, collaborative relationships, dialogue, and, of course, the well-known reflecting process, but because these authors are sharpening the cutting edge of their own thinking, they are bringing fresh ideas for contemporary therapists.'- David Campbell and Ros Draper, from the Editors' Foreword

• Series Editor’s Foreword , Preface , Innovations , Practising “withness”: a human art , “Reflecting talk”, “inner talk”, and “outer talk”: Tom Andersen’s way of being , Creating a space for a generative community , Flashbacks in war: a consultation with reflections , Voicing voices , Open conversations that weave changes in contexts of poverty or wealth , Conversation, language, and the written word , Balancing between peripheral/central positions when we’re invited to be central , Celebrating moments of discomfort , Networks on networks: initiating international cooperation for the treatment of psychosis , True stories: acts of informing and forming , The June Seminars at the North Calotte , Crossroads , Greetings , “When it starts buzzing in your ears, you must lean forward!” , Of course I knew everything from before, but… , A small “musical” greeting from “The Chamber Music Group, Seven Sisters” , Thank you, Tom , Movements of life , Our inspiration to write a book together: clinical experience and reflections in psychomotor physiotherapy , An expanded framework: employing psychomotor physiotherapy in arenas other than the treatment of individual patients , What does it mean to be human? , A tribute to Tom—humbly, from the heart of the Norwegian Family Therapy Association