Collaborative-Dialogic Practice

Written alongside a collection of international experts, in this text, Harlene Anderson and Diane Gehart introduce collaborative-dialogic practice as a method of encouraging relationships and conversations that create generative space and promote meaningful changes in clients, even in the most difficult situations.

Harlene Anderson, PhD, co-founder and board member of The Taos Institute and Houston Galveston Institute, and co-editor of Collaborative Therapy: Relationships and Conversations that Make a Difference (Routledge, 2006). Diane R. Gehart, PhD, professor, California State University, Northridge; Director, Institute for Therapy that Works, and co-editor of Collaborative Therapy: Relationships and Conversations that Make a Difference (Routledge, 2006).

Part I: Conceptual Framework: Situating Collaborative-Dialogic Practice 1. Conceptual Framework: Emerging Orienting Sensitivities for Relationships and Conversations that Invite Transformation and Possibility 2. Expressions of the Philosophical Stance: Creating a Relational and Dialogic Space and Process for Generativity 3. A Relationally Responsive World: The Politics of Collaborative-Dialogic Practice 4. Dialogic Curiosity as Mindfulness Practice: Following the Moment-to-Moment Unfolding of Meaning Construction 5. This Lovely Thing We Do Together: Collaborative-Dialogic Practice through a Literary Lens Part II: Collaborative-Dialogic Practice in Action: Applications Across Contexts, Cultures and Disciplines 6. Collaborative Practices in 21st Century Healthcare 7. Community In-Conversation: Generating Collaborative and Dialogic Conversations in Community Context 8. Ancestral Knowledge and Postmodern Practices: Using Collaborative-Dialog to Restore Harmony in Indigenous Communities 9. Reflecting Processes in Working with Climate Justice Activist Collectives 10. Learning Through Collaboration: Practices that Challenge our Tradition of Education 11. Collaborative Responses Within a School Community: Reflections from the Covid-19 Experience 12. Collaborative-Dialogic Practices in Business Management: Transforming Local Communities Through Engaged Relationship 13. Merging Collaborative-Dialogic Practice within the Culture of an Internet Technology (IT) Company: Its Evolution Told through a Collection of Story Fragments 14. From Mechanized Systems to Living Ecologies: Way-Finding in Collaborative-Dialogic Research 15. Everyday Living as Inspiration for Collaborative Practices