Description:
Decentering Relational Theory: A Comparative Critique invites relational theorists to contemplate the influence, overlaps, and relationship between relational theory and other perspectives. The companion to this book, De-Idealizing Relational Theory: A Critique from Within, considers the strengths and limitations of relational thinking from the inside out. Decentering Relational Theory pushes that critique in the opposite direction by contemplating and elaborating on how relational theory overlaps with--and differs from--other perspectives.
Review Quotes:
"In Decentering Relational Theory, eminent relationalists converse with other theories. The human condition is complex; healing human suffering often requires multiple perspectives in mutual dialogue. Engaging in this dialogue, these authors ask how the non-relational literature can inform further development of relational theory. These comparisons also illuminate the way Relational theory is linked to its historical roots in non-Relational theory.The essays are excellent in both style and in content. This book should be in the library of anyone interested in psychoanalytic theories and therapies - newcomers and seasoned clinicians alike."-Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D., ABPP, Visiting Full Professor, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology