Paradox of Mental Health

Uses systemic theories to challenge how the medical model is used to treat mental illness today, encouraging practitioners to embrace uncertainty and curiosity and to help clients develop a conscious philosophical outlook.

Raphael J. Becvar, Dorothy Stroh Becvar, Lynne V. Reif

Foreword by Benjamin J. Evans, Johnny Faulkner, and Amy Smith Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Paradoxes of Mental Health/Illness: Philosophy and Theory Chapter 1: The Paradox of Mental Health: On the Limits of Living Consciously Chapter 2: Believing is Seeing: Exploring the Limits of Knowing Chapter 3: Before the Beginning Chapter 4: Contributions from Social Science and Mental Health Professionals Chapter 5: On the Clinical Bias Chapter 6: Conceptual Bites in Summary of the Paradox Chapter 7: Wondering Part II: Systemic and Social Constructionist Concepts for Therapy Chapter 8: About Systems Theory, Constructivism, and Social Constructionism. Chapter 9: Requiem for Systemic Marital and Family Therapy Chapter 10: The Ecosystemic Story: Implications for Therapists Chapter 11: Reflections on Values in Systems Theory and Social Constructionism Chapter 12: A Story about Systemic and Social Constructionist Therapy Chapter 13: Afterword References Index About the Authors