"The first chapter of the book gives a short history of functional analysis and defines the term. Chapter 2 describes a few important theoretical foundations of what will follow in the rest of the book. Chapter 3 sets the stage for the rest of the book by pointing to the fact that all psychotherapy requires a certain amount of cooperation and gives practical suggestions on how to develop that. Functional analysis is presented as a collaborative endeavour and therefore this chapter has an emphasis on seeking out the client's ...
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"The first chapter of the book gives a short history of functional analysis and defines the term. Chapter 2 describes a few important theoretical foundations of what will follow in the rest of the book. Chapter 3 sets the stage for the rest of the book by pointing to the fact that all psychotherapy requires a certain amount of cooperation and gives practical suggestions on how to develop that. Functional analysis is presented as a collaborative endeavour and therefore this chapter has an emphasis on seeking out the client's experience, as a necessary prerequisite for a workable agenda of treatment. This standpoint also shapes the following chapters. In Chapter 4 a general process for accomplishing psychological change is presented and work focusing that process is illustrated. Chapter 5 focuses on how the therapeutic dialogue can be used to clarify the problematic side of client's experience, before Chapter 6 shifts to finding ways forward. In Chapter 7 I describe how the very interaction between the therapist and client can be focused and used in the treatment process, and in Chapter 8 I illustrate how practical experimentation can be utilized to give the client transforming experiences. All through the therapeutic dialogues that form a considerable portion of the book the use of metaphor is frequent, and Chapter 9 gives some extra attention to both why and how metaphor can be used in a therapy based on functional analysis"--
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