In the popular imagination, hypnosis is misconstrued as something done to people, as if the hypnotist hypnotizes them. And hypnotherapy is similarly misconceived as something done to clients’ problems, as if the therapist could unilaterally counter or cure them. In a refreshing departure from conception-as-usual, Douglas Flemons offers another view, articulating relational ideas about how minds and bodies communicate and learn, and then describing and showing how hypnotherapists are able to invite alterations in, and dissolutions of, seemingly intractable problems.
Quickies demonstrates that the best sex therapy is often the briefest, presenting readers with a refreshing array of time-efficient, client-focused approaches to sexual problems. The third edition includes new chapters on the impact of the Internet in relationships, infidelity, and same-sex and transgender affirming therapy.
Jay Haley once said, ‘The only reasonable excuse for adding another theory of hypnosis to the many that have been proposed is an entirely new approach to the problem.’ In Of One Mind, Douglas Flemons demonstrates that he has an eminently reasonable excuse. With the casual grace of an entrancing storyteller and the dry humor of an experienced therapist and teacher, he recasts the theory of hypnosis within a relational understanding of language, self, and mind. He then transports his ideas to the worlds of hypno-and brief therapies, offering fresh insights about how to connect with clients and help them change. Flemons, D. (2002). Of One Mind: The Logic of Hypnosis, The Practice of Therapy. New York: W. W. Norton.
In this book, Drs. Douglas Flemons and Leonard M. Gralnik, a family therapist and a psychiatrist, team up to provide a comprehensive relational approach to suicide assessment. The authors offer a Risk and Resource Interview Guide as a means of organizing assessment conversations with suicidal clients. Drawing on an extensive research literature, as well as their combined 50+ years of clinical experience, the authors distill relevant topics of inquiry arrayed within four domains of suicidal experience: disruptions and demands, suffering, troubling behaviors, and desperation. Flemons, D., & Gralnik, L. (2013). Relational Suicide Assessment: Risks, Resources, and Possibilities for Safety. New York, NY: W. W. Norton.
Completing Distinctions develops a new way of thinking about the connection between problems and solutions for family and systems therapists. The author suggests that addiction and other social and ecological dilemmas stem from the belief that distinctions such as hate and love, sickness and health, or problem and solution are irreconcilable oppositions. Flemons shows how such separations can be completed so that genuine healing can occur in individuals, families, organizations, and ecologies. Written in a playful style, the book includes short client-therapist dialogues that illustrate the author's approach. Flemons, D. (1991). Completing Distinctions. Boston, MA: Shambhala.
Taking readers behind the scenes of the compositional process, Douglas Flemons offers fresh suggestions and clear guidance for social-science writers. Chapters include: Composing, Creating, and Editing; How Sentences Work; How Punctuation Works; Keeping Track of tTime; Idea Development; and Aesthetic Choices. Flemons, D. (1998). Writing Between the Lines: Composition in the Social Sciences. New York: W. W. Norton.
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