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This is a self assessment instrument I put together that you can use as an overview of your own health history, status, and wellness orientation. Here
On having a transgendered parent. Got to pdf
Here is a substantive article I have written about the problematic operation of professional ethics committees. Although they are ostensibly there to protect clients/the public from harmful actions of professionals, in the end it can be asked whether they do more harm than good:
Alternatives to blame, powerlessness, recriminations, and stuckness in highly charged and entrenched conflicts
Others
An excellent overview of Gestalt by Gary Yontef:
An article on the Paradoxical Theory of Change - central to Gestalt understanding and practice. The more you try to change, the less you succeed:
Petruska Clarkson writes this personal perspective on Gestalt. As with all her work, its articulate, insightful, and provocative:
Truth and lies, a paper given at a Buddhism and Psychotherapy conference by Shahid Najiib:
Bert Hellinger on Love:
Ernesto Spinelli on Existential relational therapy:
Zur on dual relationships - challenging the orthodoxy:
Herb Koplowitz on Post Logical Thinking - applied systems thinking:
Lynne Jacobs on Dialogical therapy:
Malcom Parlett - a seminal piece, exploring the nature of Field Theory:
This article by Backman & Nevis explores two fundamental types of skills - Intimate and Strategic. An excellent exploration of power and relationship:
Strategic questioning, by Fran Pearvey: a new way of engaging dialogue across differences:
White, on the ethics of working with the Addict. However, this excellent piece focuses on the relevance of Emic and Etic perspectives:
A useful outline of prep a couple can do for therapy:
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