Using a qualitative framework to capture the voices and stories of parents of premature infants, ... more Using a qualitative framework to capture the voices and stories of parents of premature infants, this study explored the role of online social support through the use of the March of Dimes, Share Your Story site. Given the growing trend of computer mediated communication usage in the lives of individuals and family members experiencing medical challenges, this study adds to the broad array of research on online social support, while specifically contributing to the limited literature on the parental experience of premature birth and online social support. The research also connects marriage and family therapists and other family practitioners to the role of online social support opportunities for families.
... Watzlawick, Bavelas, and Jackson (1967) offer the following ex-ample of how a message with ap... more ... Watzlawick, Bavelas, and Jackson (1967) offer the following ex-ample of how a message with approximately the same content may be conveyed very differently. ... or of asking the client which item seems to be most important, or of asking the client if there is a theme or connection ...
Family therapists face a significant rhetorical challenge in working with families that disagree ... more Family therapists face a significant rhetorical challenge in working with families that disagree about the problematic life-situation which brought them to therapy. Therapists must find a way to join with disagreeing family members and then find a way to engage in a therapeutically useful conversation with them. Thus, they must deal resourcefully with contradictions. This article explores the ways that the Sophistic rhetorical concept of antilogic may be employed in helping therapists join and then engage in a therapeutically useful conversation with families who hold contradictory views concerning the problem that brought them to therapy.
The enthymeme is a rhetorical concept that has been defined in a number of ways throughout the ag... more The enthymeme is a rhetorical concept that has been defined in a number of ways throughout the ages. A review of these definitions creates space for a broad enthymematic concept based on the various descriptions, rather than on a limiting, "definitive" definition. A number of examples are offered--from the work of Milton Erickson on hypnosis and from nonhypnotic therapy sessions--that demonstrate the presence and usefulness of enthymemes in family therapy dialogue.
Using a qualitative framework to capture the voices and stories of parents of premature infants, ... more Using a qualitative framework to capture the voices and stories of parents of premature infants, this study explored the role of online social support through the use of the March of Dimes, Share Your Story site. Given the growing trend of computer mediated communication usage in the lives of individuals and family members experiencing medical challenges, this study adds to the broad array of research on online social support, while specifically contributing to the limited literature on the parental experience of premature birth and online social support. The research also connects marriage and family therapists and other family practitioners to the role of online social support opportunities for families.
... Watzlawick, Bavelas, and Jackson (1967) offer the following ex-ample of how a message with ap... more ... Watzlawick, Bavelas, and Jackson (1967) offer the following ex-ample of how a message with approximately the same content may be conveyed very differently. ... or of asking the client which item seems to be most important, or of asking the client if there is a theme or connection ...
Family therapists face a significant rhetorical challenge in working with families that disagree ... more Family therapists face a significant rhetorical challenge in working with families that disagree about the problematic life-situation which brought them to therapy. Therapists must find a way to join with disagreeing family members and then find a way to engage in a therapeutically useful conversation with them. Thus, they must deal resourcefully with contradictions. This article explores the ways that the Sophistic rhetorical concept of antilogic may be employed in helping therapists join and then engage in a therapeutically useful conversation with families who hold contradictory views concerning the problem that brought them to therapy.
The enthymeme is a rhetorical concept that has been defined in a number of ways throughout the ag... more The enthymeme is a rhetorical concept that has been defined in a number of ways throughout the ages. A review of these definitions creates space for a broad enthymematic concept based on the various descriptions, rather than on a limiting, "definitive" definition. A number of examples are offered--from the work of Milton Erickson on hypnosis and from nonhypnotic therapy sessions--that demonstrate the presence and usefulness of enthymemes in family therapy dialogue.
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