Here is a book that celebrates the ability of neighbourhoods to heal themselves from within. John McKnight shows how competent communities have been invaded and colonized by professionalized services—often with devastating results. Overwhelmed by these social services, the spirit of community falters: families collapse, schools fail, violence spreads, and medical systems spiral out of control. Instead of more or better services, the basis for resolving many of America’s social problems is the community capacity of the local citizens.
The authors have collection stories from therapists all over the world, all of whom use a solution-focused brief therapy approach. Readers will meet people living under seemingly hopeless economic, political and social conditions. They will meet people who remind them of themselves, and people with seemingly little in common with them. Throughout the book the authors focus on positive and future-oriented aspects of clients stories and reveal how small actions can yield big changes in people's lives. Commentary by the two authors elucidates the most recent advances in and... More info
How do couples get beyond the reactivity and blaming that destroy self-esteem and good will? How can couples sort out the multiple layers and complexities in their relationships? Is it possible to move from impasse to dialogue? Here, in one brief volume, are the answers to these questions and many others. More info
A book for teachers and parents of adolescents. It is colourful, absorbing, illuminating, and critically practical. Each chapter draws on the perceptions and writings of teenage boys and girls, and uses these to build a specific knowledge about what it means to be an adolescent at school, what it means to be cool and normal, and the effects of these social constructions on learning and relationships More info
