From Therapeutic Power to Resistance?
@article{Guilfoyle2005FromTP, title={From Therapeutic Power to Resistance?}, author={Michael Guilfoyle}, journal={Theory \& Psychology}, year={2005}, volume={15}, pages={101 - 124} }
Four ideas are used to conceptually link local therapeutic practices with macro sociocultural arrangements, and to question the feasibility of therapeutically derived resistances against them: power as a productive force; the power–knowledge integration; the power–resistance relationship; and power in context. Narrative therapy is presented as an example of a ‘therapy of resistance’, which at a micro level challenges the therapist–client power relation and privileges clients’ local knowledges…
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