Irreverence

Irreverence: A strategy for Therapists' Survival marks the end result of a collaboration between the creative and highly respected therapists and writers in the family therapy field. It continues the tradition of the Milan group and later systemic thinkers to examine the way a therapist's own thinking can block the process of therapy an

Gianfranco Cecchin (August 22 1932 - February 2 2004) was an Italian psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and founder - along with Mara Palazzoli , Luigi Boscolo and Giuliana Prata - of the movement of systemic family therapy known today as the Milan Approach.

Editors' Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- The idea of irreverence -- Irreverence and violence -- Irreverence in institutions: survival -- Suggestions for training -- Some considerations for research -- Random closing meditations