Peter Rober – författare

Familjeterapi är en komplex företeelse. Terapeuten måste inte bara skapa den nödvändiga alliansen med en person, utan med flera familjemedlemmar. Dessutom ska terapeuten hjälpa familjemedlemmarna att öka tilliten till varandra. I denna bok beskrivs hur detta kan gå till. Men i stället för att lista viktiga färdigheter som en familjeterapeut bör ha ligger författarens fokus på familjeterapeutens roll i processen, och hur hen fungerar tillsammans med familjen. Familjeterapi beskrivs som ett möte mellan levande människor som försöker hitta gemensamma vägar framåt.I en mängd fallbeskrivningar får läsaren följa terapeutens inre och yttre dialog vid känsloreglering, egenhandledning och klientfeedback. Med stor värme och humanism uppmuntrar författaren till ett empatiskt och kreativt förhållningssätt i terapin. Men läsaren får också konkreta råd sprungna ur författarens mångåriga erfarenhet som familjeterapeut.Det här är en viktig bok för alla som är på väg att bli, eller redan är, par- eller familjeterapeut. Även erfarna familjeterapeuter kan med fördel använda boken i sin vidareutveckling.

This book explores the link between the effectiveness of the family therapist and the complexity of the therapeutic relationship.For family therapists the therapeutic alliance is complex because there are different family members and the therapist must have an empathic relationship with each of them. Furthermore, the therapist is focused on facilitating the development of trust between the family members. The book highlights the family therapist, not as an interventionist, but as someone who is focused on establishing a good relationship with different family members. Centering the person of the therapist, this book includes research, theory, as well as case studies exploring topics such as the therapist’s emotion regulation, the therapist’s inner dialogue, and dealing with client feedback. Rober offers an empathetic perspective and accessible framework for family therapists, encouraging readers to use their intuition and self-supervision to build better awareness and stronger connections in the session.This book is essential for beginning and seasoned family therapists, systemic therapists, and graduate students.

This book explores the link between the effectiveness of the family therapist and the complexity of the therapeutic relationship.For family therapists the therapeutic alliance is complex because there are different family members and the therapist must have an empathic relationship with each of them. Furthermore, the therapist is focused on facilitating the development of trust between the family members. The book highlights the family therapist, not as an interventionist, but as someone who is focused on establishing a good relationship with different family members. Centering the person of the therapist, this book includes research, theory, as well as case studies exploring topics such as the therapist’s emotion regulation, the therapist’s inner dialogue, and dealing with client feedback. Rober offers an empathetic perspective and accessible framework for family therapists, encouraging readers to use their intuition and self-supervision to build better awareness and stronger connections in the session.This book is essential for beginning and seasoned family therapists, systemic therapists, and graduate students.

Families come in all shapes and sizes, and all have love at their roots; however, by the time a family requests help from a psychotherapist, resentment, fear and disappointment have often become the dominant forces ruling everyday life.Moving away from the medically-focused ‘problem-diagnosis-treatment’ model of psychotherapy, Peter Rober’s thought-provoking new text conceptualises family therapy as a dialogue between living, breathing people; it emphasises the mutuality and relational context that serves as the backdrop of a therapeutic encounter, whereby family members will interact, emotions will be displayed and suppressed, and practitioners will need to navigate carefully, endeavouring not just to listen but to understand the stories being told.Astute and engaging throughout, each chapter provides close analysis of a rich variety of case studies, combined with an examination of key theories and concepts from different schools of thought in family therapy; with a particular focus on dialogical thinking, the book explores the ways in which these theoretical concepts can be applied in everyday practice situations.Written by a leading expert in the field, this insightful new addition to Palgrave’s Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy series provides an accessible exploration of a complex area of practice. It will prove invaluable reading for those studying family therapy specifically, as well as students taking more general counselling and psychotherapy courses and practitioners looking for a fresh source of guidance.

In this powerful volume, six qualitative methods are used to analyze a couple therapy with a troubled young couple, illustrating the intricate processes and sub-processes of therapy through client interactions with their therapists and with each other. Increasingly popular for revealing the nuances and complexity of human interactions, qualitative approaches focus on process and discursive methods which can be particularly rewarding in multi-client settings. Through the examples that make up the text, practitioners and researchers become better acquainted  with the power of qualitative perspectives and are encouraged to examine their own views on therapy as they consider these and other concepts:The development of dialogical space in a couple therapy session.Introducing novelties into therapeutic dialogue: the importance of minor shifts of the therapist.Therapists’ responses for enhancing change through dialogue: dialogical investigationsof change.Fostering dialogue: exploring the therapists’ discursive contributions in a couple therapy.Dominant story, power, and positioning.Constructing the moral order of a relationship in couples therapy.Research Perspectives in Couple Therapy: Discursive Qualitative Methods ably demonstrates the balance between therapeutic art and science for family and couples therapists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals in research and practice.