Discuss Dialogue and the Psychotherapy Process MFT/LCSW
1)From the reading discuss why monologues can be destructive in relationships. Give examples based on your experience of a destructive monologue?
2)What are the elements of a dialogue that the author tells us works in the healing process? Be specific with examples. What are the implications for your work with individuals, couples or families?
Reading
Seikkula, J., Laitila, A., & Rober, P. (2012). Making sense of multi-actor dialogues in family therapy and network meetings. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 38(4), 667-87. Retrieved from ProQuest Central in the Touro library
Paz, I. Playing Language Games with the Bovarys: The Shift from Monologue to Dialogue in Couples-Therapy Through the Lens of Literary Lovers.It can be found either by “googling” the title or the direct link is: https://ifpe.files.
TD2 –
Olson, M. E., Laitila, A., Rober, P., & Seikkula, J. (2012). The shift from monologue to dialogue in a couple therapy session: Dialogical investigation of change from the therapists point of view. Family Process, 51(3), 420-35.
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