I was origianlly going to title it "Towards Excellence" after Scott Miller, then "Towards Effectiveness" and I'm wondering about "Towards Elegance" or even "Towards Easy".
At the moment, it's looking like "Just Do Good Work" - a comment Erickson made to me. Of course we are faced with the question of what is "good work" and that will be the substance of the book.
Here's my beginning disclaimer ...
This book is not based on science, statistics or evidence. There are no recommendations, no patterns.
To quote Fernando Flores’ writing about his book, Disclosing New Worlds “This book, then, is attempting to develop sensitivities, not knowledge.”
It is a result of my reflections from my experience of emphasising the importance of our mood of expectancy and a firm persistence in listening to each individual person, respecting their legitimacy to create a matrix or context where healing can happen naturally and with a minimum of suffering.
My invitation is to be willing to explore for yourself.
There is a saying that we stand on the shoulders of giants, but we also can benefit from realising that some giants stand on our shoulders!
If we can honour each person, and ourselves, we can have the possibility of standing on our own feet, and even learning to dance …
I'll continue to post some contents as they take shape ...
How about calling it
Towards Developing Sensitivities in Therapy. I look forward to reading it no matter what you call it as long as you are the author.
Rosalind Monahan, Ph.D., LCSW