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Metaphors in Mind: Transformation Through Symbolic Modelling (Paperback)

by James Derek Lawley (Author), Penny Lee Tompkins (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Developing Company Press (9 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0953875105
  • ISBN-13: 978-0953875108
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Caroline Myss, Ph.D. best selling author of "Anatomy of the Spirit" and "Why People Don't Heal"

Metaphors in Mind presents a broad integration of deep perspectives about helping people learn how to facilitate their own creativity in solving their own problems in their own way. Well done!


David J. Grove, M.S. author of "Resolving Traumatic Memories"

Be prepared for this book to launch you on a personal journey of change and development. The parade of thought provoking concepts, stories and challenges contained within will provide a reliable travelling companion to accompany you along the way.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Groundbreaking development in human changework, 21 Nov 2000
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This is a definitive book about the most important development in human psychology since Freud. Lawley & Tompkins have written an accessible, insightful account of a new way to use language which will not only appeal to the ordinary reader but to therapists, psychologists, educators, trainers, doctors, managers and consultants - indeed anyone interested in facilitating human change. Read this book and I guarantee you will never use language the same way again.
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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A major work in psychology and psychotherapy, 23 Nov 2000
I believe this book marks a significant advance in psychology and therapy. David Grove is a genius. For me, he is up there with Freud, Jung and Milton Erickson. And while anyone who experiences David at work can see he is doing something very different with his clients, understanding that something has not been easy until the arrival of "Metaphors in Mind". The authors have had access to David and have made his work accessible.

Not many serious books are as well written as this one. Penny & James have managed to make the chapters largely self-contained. Chapters begin with an outline of what will be covered, then the details and then a useful summary. There is no mystification. It is obvious the authors want people to have a clear understanding. The book is well referenced, has a useful index and also contains three annotated transcripts of symbolic modelling at work with clients.

The only limitation is that it is a book. Symbolic Modelling pays attention to body language, "line of sight" (where people look as they think) and the way that words are said. And David Grove has developed a style of therapy that is equally rich in language and what goes with language. I hope audio and videotapes are the next project for Penny and James or that David will produce taped copies of his more recent work

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Symbolic Modelling learning resources, 31 Mar 2006
By C F Clements (Bath, UK) - See all my reviews
Metaphors in Mind opened the door to a new, more effective and respectful way of communicating with people I work with and also in my daily life with family and friends. I notice this more neutral and specific way of asking questions, combined with this way of considering how different elements of people's communications and how they have organized and see their world and the relationships inherent in that world, offers a different kind and, it seems, a different level of understanding. What I appreciate most is, having begun learning and using Symbolic Modelling with clients, I can rely on the person's system to find its own solutions with this process. This to me is the height of respecting each person's inherent wisdom and uniqueness.
A marvelous tool to support this book is the DVD, "A Strange and Strong Sensation", also created by Penny Tompkins and James Lawley. Seeing a live client session unfold allowed me to hear the cadence and rhythm of the questions and observe how the therapists use the questions to build the structure of the process. That really helped me to get a sense of how the symbolic modelling process works and I would have liked the opportunity to buy the book and DVD together.
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