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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMichael Karson provides a fresh way of looking at psychotherapy and theater, with lessons for each. The emphasis on 'lively theater' speaks to both the actor and the therapist within me, permiting me a new sense of integration. The theater metaphor offers a visualization of the different levels of conceptualizing psychotherapy that is clear and understandable. -- Roy W. Jarnecke, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist, Behavioral Healthcare of Fredericksburg; Board of Directors, Stage Door Productions, Fredericksb
Warning: this book may induce anxiety in therapists grown accustomed to rigid how-to manuals. In Deadly Therapy, Michael Karson parallels theatre's tradition of questioning political power structures by grappling with contemporary psychological assumptions about the client-therapist relationship, gender and multicultural influences, and the truth of authenticity, among other issues at the crux of psychotherapy. Scarcely should therapists put down this critical treatise without experiencing a deeply personal challenge: to listen by attending to nuance, question self-inflexibility, be open to diversified language and approach, and, therein, to enliven as if on stage the immediate moment of therapeutic space. -- Audrey K. Miller PhD, assistant professor of psychology, Sam Houston State University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Lessons from Deadly Theater Chapter 2 Lessons from Performance Theory Chapter 3 What Am I Doing to Irma? Chapter 4 Status Games Chapter 5 Gender Is Something We Do, Not Something We Are Chapter 6 Deadly Multiculturalism Chapter 7 Therapeutic Privilege Chapter 8 Is Science Just Another Party Line? Chapter 9 Critical Thinking About Critical Thinking Chapter 10 Applying Theory to the Therapy (and Not Just to the Patient’s Life) Chapter 11 Deadly Supervision Chapter 12 Fourteen Things We Can Do to Make Our Therapies Livelier Chapter 13 References Chapter 14 Index
