Still Life

A Therapist’s Responses to the Challenge of Change

Still Life by Liz WhiteIn this compelling new book, Liz White encounters the arc of change from the first discomfort that calls for it, through the obstacles, the letting go of the old and the tools to successfully navigate our world in a new way – ending with a call for social justice. Liz has distilled her understanding of change into a series of ten challenges – and models that illuminate them. Each chapter offers life stories, personal reflection, the model that concretizes the theory, and a workshop design that brings it to life.

Still Life expands the field of individual and group sociometry, bringing new life to training and practice. It is a valuable resource on the subject of change for trainers, group facilitators, counsellors, coaches, consultants and therapists from all fields and disciplines.

Beg, Borrow or buy this book

…a treasure trove of practical interventions.

Dr.Dale Richard Buchanan Ph.D., T.E.P., C.G.P.
 
In Still LIfe you will meet a wise woman, mentor and friend.
Eva Leveton MS, MFT
 

In this study of metamorphosis, Liz White takes us inside the

chrysalis and provides us with the maps by which we navigate

the mysteries of change.

William Cooke M.S.W. M.Div

Narrative Therapist

 

An invaluable resource for anyone whose vocation is

to support and accompany others along this human journey.

Brian Walton S.T.M.

Spiritual Educator

 

This clear, deep, artful book has a rich theoretical base

…steeped in therapeutic experience.

Esti Avnon Ph.D.

Director of Psychodrama Masters Program, Haifa University, Israel

 

Contents

Achnowledgements

Preface: An Invitation to a Virtual Trajectory

    PART I AWAKENING

    Introduction

  1. Discomfort and the Emerging Self: Role Theory in Action
  2. The Arts as Mirror: Movies That Move Us
  3. Who Knew? The Five Faces of Catharsis

    4. PART II “YES, BUT…”: THE STRUGGLE WITH THE SELF

  4. Befriending Our Defences: Emotional Intelligence in Action
  5. Befriending Our Defences: Emotional Intelligence in Action/li>

    6. PART III HOLDING ON…LETTING GO

  6. “If Only . . .”: The Seasons of Mourning
  7. Creative Neutrality: Reflections on Forgiveness

    8. PART IV THE COURAGE TO BE AUTHENTIC

  8. From Reaction to Response: The Therapeutic Impasse
  9. Belonging and Becoming: The Group as Matrix

    10. PART V AND WHAT OF THE WORLD

  10. Peacemaking in a Troubled World

Epilogue

 

The Action Manual – Techniques for Enlivening Group Process and Individual Counselling

Liz White’s book The Action Manual combines theory and practice, understanding and action for work with individuals and groups. Foundations presents basic concepts developed by J. L. Moreno, and outlines what every group worker should know about using action techniques. Warming Up, Exploring, Working Through, Surplus Reality and Integration and Closure focus on the phases of a group. Each chapter has an introduction, ideas and exercises that inform and facilitate that phase. The techniques in each chapter include a theory box, step-by-step instructions and possible applications-the why, where, when and how of dynamic leadership.

The Action Manual will be immediately useful for:

  • Trainees in psychodrama, sociometry and/or group process
  • Life Skills coaches, counsellors and therapists working one-to-one or in groups
  • Trainers interested in adding an action-learning component to their leadership
  • Consultants working with organizational team-building and conflict resolution
  • Supervisors wanting to bring a sense of discovery and empowerment into their work

Workshop Handout

Befriending Our Defences

For facilitators: this handout will complement the workshop.

$7/copy (includes taxes), 12 copies $70 (includes taxes)

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Other Publications

Articles

Giving Up or Letting Go: Who’s Really Holding On?

(published in the Bereaved Families of Ontario newsletter)

I am a woman of 78 years, in robust good health, with a full practice of psychotherapy with individuals and groups, and, recently, the author of a new book, Still Life: A Therapist’s Response to the Challenge of Change. Immersed in the landscape of change, I recognized that at my age……(read more)

 

Under the Bed: Healing in its Own Time

(published in the Bereaved Families of Ontario newsletter)

Our eldest son, David, died of lung cancer at the age of 37. In the eight weeks from diagnosis to death we had precious time with him and with one another, his son, his partner, his two brothers, his sister, his father and me, his mother. We were all very conscious of the range of feelings that we experienced, from anguish to tenderness and finally to relief as he breathed his last….(read more)