Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy Bücher

Originally published in 1984, this work from Routledge explores significant themes and concepts relevant to its time, offering insights that remain pertinent today. The book delves into various aspects of its subject matter, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding and analysis. As an imprint of Taylor & Francis, it reflects a commitment to scholarly excellence and accessibility in academic literature.

The book, first published in 1987, presents a significant exploration of its subject matter, offering insights that remain relevant today. It is part of the Routledge imprint, known for its scholarly contributions in various fields. The content is designed to engage readers with thorough analysis and discussion, making it a valuable resource for both students and professionals.

These collected papers, covering a period of some 30 years, allow the reader to trace the developing thought of one of the world's seminal family therapists and theoreticians. In addition to providing a wealth of clinical experience, these writings reveal a characteristic familial, cultural as well as national heritage. With roots in Hungary, experiences of Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia, the writings reflect the unlikely survival of a small country through extreme efforts and cultural vitality. These were the ultimate sources of Ivan Boszormanyi-Nagy's lifelong concern with the disadvantaged minority, whether a disadvantaged child in a family, a disadvantaged family in a community, or a disadvantaged nation in the world community of nations. While his thoughts and writings show a clear identity with European tradition of scholarship and philosophical inquiry, there is here too a unique and dogged effort by this pioneer to develop a coherent therapeutic perspective and system that broke new ground in the area of family therapy.

In this volume, Boszormenyi-Nagy and Krasner provide a comprehensive, sharply focused guide to the clinical use of Contextual Therapy (CT) as a therapy rooted in the reality of human relationships. The authors describe a far-reaching trust-based approach to individual freedom and interpersonal fairness that makes possible a remarkably effective system of psychotherapy. Between Give and Take clearly delineates four basic dimensions of relational factual predeterminants, human psychology, communications and transactions and due consideration or merited trust. It is this last dimension that is the cornerstone of CT. It builds on the realm of the between that reshapes human relationships and liberates each relating person for mature living.