Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. «Praxis gives meaning to words.» (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Michael White – Narrative Therapy (February 5, 2021) We continue with Michael White, social worker and family therapist. (29 December 1948, Adelaide, South Australia. 4 April 2008, San Diego, California).    •       I work with stories of hope, love, and collaboration. I start from the premise that after each meeting with a consultant, I am becoming more than I was in the beginning. •          Priority is given to stories, narratives, as well as relational processes that influence the creation of meaning. •          “Every time we ask a question, we are generating a possible version…

Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Harlene Anderson (I) (January 8, 2021) We continue with Harlene Anderson, Ph.D. (Born December 1, 1942, in Houston, Texas, United States).  •          How can therapists and consultants create the types of relationships and conversations that allow all participants to access their creativity and develop possibilities where they did not seem to exist? The question contains the fundamental elements of this type of work: relationships, conversations, creativity, and the development of possibilities. •          Home is acceptance. •          An experience isn’t really meaningful until you find a home in language. •          These practices are not a…

Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. (December 2020) “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Tom Andersen (I) (December 11, 2020) We continue with Tom Andersen, Ph.D. (Born May 2, 1936, in Oslo, Norway, died on May 15, 2007, in Norway). Words are like hands with which we touch people’s faces.  And, at the same time, you can see people being touched by their own words. Do you know what is the most important thing that consultants are looking for in a therapeutic process? What do humans in our lives, therapists, and people in their contexts look for in every human interrelationship, what we need and value…

(November 13, 2020) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Dora Fried Schnitman, Ph.D. (I) We continue with Dora Fried Schnitman, Ph.D. (Posadas, April 3, Argentina). •          The generative perspective proposes that, through reflective dialogue and conversational learning, emerging processes and novel events can take place that promote the gradual co-construction of possibilities and alternatives over time to address the problematic situations and challenges that are presented to people in different contexts. It moves away from normative and deficit models and works with a logic of possibility and a positive resource-oriented framework… The beginning of a generative cycle facilitates the emergence…

(October 16, 2020) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. (October, 2020) “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Sheila McNamee (I) We continue our series of authors with Sheila McNamee, Ph.D. (July 28, 1954, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States). Some members of the Taos Community have expressed interest in the ideas of the Taos Institute as we engage with our communities. Instead of issuing transformative strategies or techniques, I propose the following as a series of fluid and flexible conversational resources. There are many ways in which any of the following issues can be achieved, thus facilitating the different perspectives of the members of your group. Resources are…

(October 2, 2020) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) John Shotter We continue with John Shotter, Ph.D. (1937, Glasgow, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. Whittlesford-England, December 8, 2016). In 15 days, we will continue with another author. ·        Words are like hands with which we touch people’s faces. And, at the same time, you can see people being touched by their own words. ·        The important thing is dialogue; particularly the dialogue with the other, the dialogue with the diverse; the responsibility in the dialogue, this feeling with the other, choosing to be spontaneously involved. Aware of one’s own corporeality,…

(September 2020) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and Maritza Crespo Balderrama, M.A. “Praxis gives meaning to words.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Kenneth Gergen (I) We propose a selection of brief concepts, reflections, ideas, and proposals of some of the main exponents of the position, perspective, theory, and social constructionist practice. To facilitate the reflective reading we have brought specific textual citations without specifying each time the sources; we present at the end the suggested bibliography so that you can check some of the most important readings related to the topic. We invite you to open your curiosity for these exciting contributions. We start with Kenneth Gergen, Ph.D. (December 9, 1934, Rochester, United States).…

(September 6, 2019) Diego Tapia Figueroa, Ph.D. and MaritzaCrespo Balderrama, M.A. “Regretting a past misfortune that now does not exist is the surest way to create another misfortune”. (William Shakespeare) Everyday sadness (like other emotions) occurs in social relationships as part of the complex human condition and often acquires an abusive and cruel power, which tyrannizes, oppresses, and steals people’s lives. It is a challenge to question in an authentic way what builds ethical awareness. From what feeling do I decide to propose and communicate in each relationship: from the complaint, from sadness, from anger, from joy? According to the World Health Organization (WHO): It is estimated that nearly 50…