New Releases by Charles Fishman

★全球銷售超過15萬冊、售出14國版權，奧斯卡金獎製作人暢銷著作10週年紀念再版★ 讓內在的好奇小孩引領你探索學習、發現驚奇、開創無限可能 ★暢銷書《引爆趨勢》《異數》作者麥爾坎‧葛拉威爾（Malcolm Gladwell）推薦必讀書單 ★文化部「第 38 次中小學生優良課外讀物推介評選活動」獲選推薦 ★《策略企業》（strategy+business）雜誌年度最佳商業書籍 從1970年代末起，奧斯卡金獎製作人布萊恩‧葛瑟（Brian Grazer）就持續每週與一位演藝圈外各種有趣的專業人士交談——從科學家到時尚設計師，從探險家到企業執行長，從藝術家到中情局局長，他都充滿好奇。 葛瑟的「好奇心對話」用意在於走出自身經驗的框架去學習、成長。他與奧斯卡金獎導演朗霍華（Ron Howard）共同創辦的「想像娛樂公司」孕育出眾多耳熟能詳的作品，包括《美麗境界》《達文西密碼》《阿波羅13》《24反恐任務》等，而這些行之有年的漫談，正是激發作品靈感背後的祕訣！ 葛瑟以個人故事為例證，說明好奇心如何成為改善事業與工作成果的能量，進而鼓勵更多人擁抱內心的好奇小孩，透過「發問」的過程去學習、創造、管理與領導。 他與獲獎財經記者查爾斯‧費希曼（Charles Fishman，《沃爾瑪效應》作者）合作，藉由輕鬆詼諧的口吻帶領讀者一窺「好奇心對話」的進行方式與精華，探索好奇心如何開拓一個人的格局與視野，深化生命內涵，改善職場管理、人際關係等生活中各個層面，帶來更好的人生。 本書是一本能點燃熱情、向好奇心致敬的經典之作，期許能引發成千上萬個問題，從問題中產生創造性的答案。好奇心讓生活更有趣，也能讓你成為更好的人！ 奧斯卡金獎製作人布萊恩‧葛瑟的部分訪談名單： （注：本名單之職稱或頭銜為本書2015年首次出版時之資訊） 安迪‧沃荷（Andy Warhol）：普普藝術大師 麥可傑克森（Michael Jackson）：搖滾天王 以撒‧艾西莫夫（Isaac Asimov）：科幻小說作家 黛安娜王妃（Princess Diana）：英國前王妃 歐普拉（Oprah Winfrey）：歐普拉網路電視網創辦人暨董事長、演員、作家 菲德爾‧卡斯楚（Fidel Castro）：古巴共產黨中央委員會第一書記 薇薇安‧魏斯伍德（Vivienne Westwood）：時尚設計師 湯米席爾菲格（Tommy Hilfiger）：時尚設計師 卡文‧克萊（Calvin Klein）：時尚設計師 碧昂絲‧諾利斯（Beyonce Knowles）：歌手、演員 雷霸龍‧詹姆斯（LeBron James）：NBA 明星球員 巴拉克‧歐巴馬（Barack Obama）：美國總統 史帝夫‧賈伯斯（Steve Jobs）：蘋果公司共同創辦人 賈斯汀‧提姆布萊克（Justin Timberlake）：歌手、演員 瑪格麗特‧柴契爾（Margaret Thatcher）：英國前首相 亨利‧季辛吉（Henry Kissinger）：美國前國務卿、諾貝爾獎和平獎得主 傑夫‧貝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）：亞馬遜網站創辦人暨執行長 小威廉斯（Serena Williams）：職業網球明星 提姆‧庫克（Tim Cook）：蘋果公司執行長 阿里（Muhammad Ali）：三屆世界重量級拳王 賈德‧戴蒙（Jared Diamond）：普立茲獎得主、《槍砲、病菌與鋼鐵》作者 阿姆（Eminem）：歌手、音樂製作人、演員 暴動小貓（Pussy Riot）：俄羅斯女權主義龐克樂團 喬納‧沙克（Jonas Salk）：小兒麻痺疫苗的首位發明家 霍華德‧嘉納（Howard Gardner）：發展心理學家，提出多元智能理論 吉姆‧柯林斯（Jim Collins）：管理顧問、《從A到A+》作者 ……等，共超過500人 得獎紀錄 《紐約時報》暢銷書、亞馬遜三大分類榜第 1 名 國內重量級名人推薦 Ring Ring｜人氣插畫家 岑永康、張珮珊｜新聞主播 李家同｜清華大學榮譽講座教授 怪奇事物所｜所長 唐心慧｜電通行銷傳播集團大北亞暨台灣執行長 蔡康永｜主持人、作家 蕭青陽｜旅行藝術家 魏瑋志（澤爸）｜親職教育講師 （依姓氏筆畫排序） 「充滿無比的好奇，才能找到更好的自己」，是Ring Ring認為人之所以要擁有好奇心的原因。我們一路以來所接受的教育，普遍依循著一套固定的模式，讓人很難有勇氣敢去嘗試突破，當你試著與眾不同，卻又被套上叛逆的標籤。出了社會後發現，這世界會有很多讓人充滿疑惑的問題，當你少了好奇心，就少了探究的能力，對於當前的狀況不明就裡地接受，往往會阻礙自己進步的節奏。 好奇心是突破的種子，如果希望自己變好、希望身處的環境更好，我們就應該對眼前的一切感到好奇，去發問、去探索。——Ring Ring 好奇心是通往一切的道路，雖然答案不只一個，但每找到一個，都會更加豐富您的生命！——岑永康、張珮珊 國外重量級名人推薦 麥爾坎‧葛拉威爾｜《引爆趨勢》《異數》作者 朗霍華｜奧斯卡金獎導演 羅伯特‧艾格（Robert Iger）｜迪士尼公司首席執行長 雪柔‧桑德伯格（Sheryl Sandberg）｜暢銷書《挺身而進》作者 艾力克‧施密特（Eric Schmidt）｜Google前任執行董事長 迪克?科斯特羅（Dick Costolo）｜Twitter 前執行長 雅莉安娜?哈芬登（Arianna Huffington）：《哈芬登郵報》（Huffington Post）共同創辦人……等人 國外重量級媒體報導、推薦 《時代》（Time）、《時人》（People）、《綜藝》（Variety）、 《浮華世界》（Vanity Fair）、《告示牌》（Billboard）、 《娛樂週刊》（Entertainment Weekly）、 《哈佛商業評論》（Harvard Business Review）、 《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal）、《富比士》（Forbes）、 《快速企業》（Fast Company）、《今日美國報》（USA Today）、 《洛杉磯時報》（Los Angeles Times）、《紐約郵報》（New York Post）、 《哈芬登郵報》（Huffington Post）、《柯克斯書評》（Kirkus Reviews）、 《出版人週刊》（Publishers Weekly）、《圖書館期刊》（Library Journal）……等數十家媒體

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES BOOKS is an illustrated book for young children. It is the first in a series called GRANDMA''S GIRLS and is about a little girl who treasures anything having to do with books. The story also portrays her relationship with her Grandmother who supports and encourages a passion they both share. It is written for parents to read aloud to their children and for children old enough to read for themselves.

In this specially combined edition with a new foreword, Academy Award–winning producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed author Charles Fishman blend their insights from bestselling books A Curious Mind and Face to Face to transform the art of connecting with and through curiosity. In A Curious Mind, deemed “a captivation account of how the simple act of asking questions can change your life” by Malcolm Gladwell, Grazer offers a brilliant peek into the “curiosity conversations” that inspired him to create some of the world’s most iconic movies and television shows. He shows how curiosity has been the “superpower” that fueled his rise as one of Hollywood’s leading producers and creative visionaries. And in the captivating follow-up Face to Face, Grazer reveals that the secret to a more fulfilling life lies in personal connections, sparked through curiosity, learning through his interactions with people like Taraji P. Henson, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Eminem, and Prince. Now with a new foreword with fresh insights about curiosity from the last decade, A Curious Mind Expanded invites you to consider your personal journey of human connection. A fascinating page-turner, this combined edition offers a blueprint for how we can awaken our own curiosity and use it as a superpower in our own lives.

In this groundbreaking book, Charles Fishman uniquely incorporates and develops results-based accountability (RBA) into the framework of structural family therapy. Collaborating with the founder of RBA, Mark Friedman, this approach aims to transform the field of family therapy by allowing clinicians to track performance effectively and efficiently with their clients. The book begins by reviewing the historical foundations of family therapy and evaluates why challenges in the field, alternative methods, and the reliance on evidence-based medicine (EBM) have meant that family therapy may not have flourished to the extent that many of us expected. It then explores how RBA can be integrated into intensive structural therapy (IST), with chapters examining how RBA can be applied in context, such as in treating eating disorders, supervision, and how it can be used to transform the professional’s clinical contexts. Relevant and practical, the book also introduces the community resource specialist to help in the treatment of socially disadvantaged families, as well as practical appendices and "tracking tools" to empower clinicians to track their data and choose treatment models that obtain best outcomes. This new approach offers transparent and measurable outcomes for both clinicians and training family therapists, lending a helping hand in making family therapy the gold standard in psychotherapy. It is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students of family therapy, course leaders, and all clinicians in professional contexts, such as social workers, psychotherapists, and marriage, couple, and family therapists.

The New York Times bestselling, “meticulously researched and absorbingly written” (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission. President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent space travel. When Kennedy announced that goal, no one knew how to navigate to the Moon. No one knew how to build a rocket big enough to reach the Moon, or how to build a computer small enough (and powerful enough) to fly a spaceship there. No one knew what the surface of the Moon was like, or what astronauts could eat as they flew there. On the day of Kennedy’s historic speech, America had a total of fifteen minutes of spaceflight experience—with just five of those minutes outside the atmosphere. Russian dogs had more time in space than US astronauts. Over the next decade, more than 400,000 scientists, engineers, and factory workers would send twenty-four astronauts to the Moon. Each hour of space flight would require one million hours of work back on Earth to get America to the Moon on July 20, 1969. “A veteran space reporter with a vibrant touch—nearly every sentence has a fact, an insight, a colorful quote or part of a piquant anecdote” (The Wall Street Journal) and in One Giant Leap, Fishman has written the sweeping, definitive behind-the-scenes account of the furious race to complete one of mankind’s greatest achievements. It’s a story filled with surprises—from the item the astronauts almost forgot to take with them (the American flag), to the extraordinary impact Apollo would have back on Earth, and on the way we live today. From the research labs of MIT, where the eccentric and legendary pioneer Charles Draper created the tools to fly the Apollo spaceships, to the factories where dozens of women sewed spacesuits, parachutes, and even computer hardware by hand, Fishman captures the exceptional feats of these ordinary Americans. “It’s been 50 years since Neil Armstrong took that one small step. Fishman explains in dazzling form just how unbelievable it actually was” (Newsweek).

Esta obra es un profundo e inteligente resumen del estado actual de la terapia familiar. Lejos de limitarse a exponer los éxitos del modelo familiar, los colaboradores de este libro amplían la aplicación y alcance del paradigma y, en algunos casos, ponen en tela de juicio principios básicos que habían llegado a ser artículos de fe para muchos terapeutas. Los más distinguidos profesionales de la terapia familiar contribuyen con fundamentales y actualizados estudios. Citamos algunos de los temas que hacen de este volumen una exposición de la madurez de la terapia familiar: la concepción, ampliamente aceptada hoy, de que las intervenciones estructurales son circulares antes que lineales, un ensayo sobre hechos extraterapéuticos de cambio, un análisis sobre el empleo de técnicas de modificación de la conducta en la terapia familiar, una instructiva exposición de la aplicación del modelo de los sistemas de la terapia de familia a personas tratadas individualmente y el empleo de intervenciones paradójicas en particular, con miras a explorar las posibilidades de un modelo de interacción más humanístico que la teoría cibernética. Un libro de interés tanto para los clínicos recién ingresados en el campo, como para aquellos más experimentados en la teoría y su práctica, editado en homenaje al Dr. Minuchin, un sobresaliente pensador y terapeuta.

The Little Boy Who Loves Adventures is about a young boy named Davis who enjoys participating in escapades that fill him with joy and excitement. This book joins the Grandma’s Girls series, now called Grandma’s Kids, which includes The Little Girl Who Loves Books, The Little Girl Who Loves Make Believe, The Little Girl Who Loves Music, and The Little Girl Who Loves Colors. This beautifully illustrated book is written for parents and grandparents to read aloud to their children and for children old enough to read for themselves. The author sincerely hopes that young readers and their parents and grandparents will enjoy and relate to her stories.

First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

A Curious Mind offers a peek into the conversations that inspired B. Grazer to create some of the world''s most iconic movies and television shows. He shows how curiosity fueled his rise as one of Hollywood''s leading creative visionaries, and how all of us can channel it to lead more rewarding lives.

„O relatare captivantă despre cum simplul fapt de a pune întrebări îți poate schimba viața.“ – Malcolm Gladwell La prima vedere, australianul Terence Tao pare un om normal. Are 36 de ani și predă matematica la University of California, Los Angeles. Dar nu este nici pe departe o persoană obișnuită. Conform Institutului Davidson din SUA, el are un IQ de 230, cel mai mare înregistrat vreodată. Cu alte cuvinte, Terence este cel mai deștept om din lume. Coeficientul mediu de inteligență se situează în jurul valorii de 100. Dincolo de 100 începe țara oamenilor deștepți, oameni care nu numai că știu mai multe, dar VOR SĂ AFLE mai multe. Oameni care își pun ÎNTREBĂRI despre lumea din care fac parte – despre IUBIRE și SEX, despre PRIETENIE și NEVOIA DE CEILALȚI, despre ISTORIE, ȘTIINȚĂ și SOCIETATE, despre CINE SUNTEM și ce ne face cu adevărat OAMENI – liberi, plini de umor, lipsiți de prejudecăți. Tuturor celor chinuiți de astfel de întrebări le oferim colecția IQ230. Psihologia, filosofia și sociologia vorbesc pe înțelesul tuturor, așteptând un singur lucru: să punem întrebările... O demonstrație captivantă despre cum simplul fapt de a pune întrebări îți poate schimba viața, cartea ne îndeamnă să fim curioși. Căci curiozitatea alimentează cele mai bune relații ale noastre – de căsătorie, de prietenie, cele dintre părinți și copii. Fie că vrei să îți îmbunătățești stilul de management la locul de muncă, fie că vrei să ai mai mult succes într-o relație romantică, lecțiile pe care le vei găsi aici despre puterea curiozității te vor ajuta să înțelegi mai multe despre cum funcționează lumea, să ai mai multe perspective și o viață împlinită.

Negli ultimi cento anni abbiamo vissuto in una specie di età d’oro dell’acqua. Ma oggi stiamo entrando in un’era di scarsità, e non solo in luoghi tradizionalmente aridi. L’acqua sarà la storia del secolo, di questo nuovo secolo. Come ce la procuriamo, come la distribuiamo, come la usiamo, come combattiamo per essa? Ne rimarremo senza? Nel solco della grande tradizione del giornalismo d’inchiesta, il libro è un viaggio documentato, appassionante e scomodo nelle realtà, nelle mistificazioni e nelle possibilità di un futuro sostenibile.

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Oscar–winning producer Brian Grazer has written a brilliantly entertaining and eye-opening exploration of curiosity and the life-changing effects it can have on every person’s life. From Academy Award–winning producer Brian Grazer, New York Times bestseller A Curious Mind offers a brilliant peek into the “curiosity conversations” that inspired him to create some of the world’s most iconic movies and television shows. He shows how curiosity has been the “secret” that fueled his rise as one of Hollywood’s leading producers and creative visionaries, and how all of us can channel its power to lead bigger and more rewarding lives. Grazer has spent most of his life exploring curiosity through what he terms “curiosity conversations” with some of the most interesting people in the world, including spies, royals, scientists, politicians, moguls, Nobel laureates, artists…anyone whose story might broaden his worldview. These discussions sparked the creative inspiration behind many of his movies and TV shows, including Splash, 24, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Arrested Development, 8 Mile, J. Edgar, Empire, and many others. A Curious Mind is not only a fascinating page-turner—it also offers a blueprint for how we can awaken our own curiosity and use it as a superpower in our lives. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your management style at work, uncover a new source of creativity, or become a better romantic partner, this book—and its lessons on the power of curiosity—can change your life.

Walmart è la più grande azienda al mondo. Vende più merci di ogni altra catena commerciale del pianeta e dà lavoro a due milioni di persone. La sua politica always low prices (sempre prezzi bassi) ha in realtà modificato l’economia mondiale, tanto che oggi si può parlare di una Walmart economy. Si tratta di un modello di produzione, distribuzione e commercializzazione che si è imposto a livello globale e che non riguarda solo il colosso Walmart. Dal 2006, anno della prima edizione di questo libro, molte cose sono cambiate. In particolare, si è assistito a una seconda «rivoluzione Walmart», tesa a concentrarsi sulla sostenibilità e a ridurre l’impatto ambientale di questa forma spinta di capitalismo. Con risultati concreti a dir poco sorprendenti. Certo restano molte ombre e lati oscuri, che l’autore analizza. Si pensi alla gigantesca corruzione, grazie alla quale Walmart è riuscito a diventare la terza azienda per fatturato e prima per numero di lavoratori del Messico.

Your family is falling apart and everyone is grudgingly unhappy, the kids are misbehaving and in trouble with the law, your dreams are disintegrating as midlife pokes through, you want your children to thrive and do well. ... Trying to solve family problems? This wise, practical book will guide you. You will find yourself and your family on many of its pages and quickly discover that those precious relationships can be saved and preserved. Expertly written by psychiatrist Dr Charles Fishman, the book''s principles of change and transformation reach across the many stages of a family life, from "new baby in the house" and "off to school" to "an adolescent has emerged" and "elderly parents come to live". If you want to know how to fix your family and fix your work environment this book offers brilliant solutions. Dr. Charles Fishman develops a refreshing conversation with the reader; you''ll feel sure he is talking directly with you and your family. He has 35 years of experience interviewing and treating thousands of families, both in the United States and abroad, and as a psychiatrist, specialising in children, adolescents and adults, he has dedicated his work to the enduring future of the power of the modern family. An Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Dr Fishman is recruited for his supervision and teaching in Europe, South and Central America, United States, Southeast Asia, and New Zealand and Australia.You will find his other important books and publications via his web page: http://youcanfixyourfamily.com Pre-publication reviews: Wise and caring, this book can help you and your family. Professor Salvador Minuchin, Founder, Structural Family Therapy As a 28 year old mother this book definitely helped me prepare for the developmental passages that are to come for me and my family. Ruth I wish I had this book before my marriage fell apart. Steve I was asked to edit this book by the publisher. I found it so helpful - my mother had just died and Dr. Fishman''s perspective and advice helped me greatly. Christine

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES COLORS is a beautifully illustrated book for children. It is the fourth book in a series called GRANDMA''S GIRLS and is about a little girl who appreciates all the colors in her life and the emotions that the colors represent to her. THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES COLORS joins THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES BOOKS, THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES MAKE BELIEVE, and THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES MUSIC. These books are written for parents to read aloud to their children and for children old enough to read for themselves.

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES MUSIC is an illustrated book for children. It is the third book in a series called GRANDMA''S GIRLS and is about a young girl who, like many children, loves to be surrounded by music in her everyday life. The story also portrays the main character''s relationship with her grandmother who stimulates and encourages her granddaughter''s musical expression. This book is written for parents to read aloud to their children and for children old enough to read for themselves. For further enjoyment , the series is also available for purchase as an app for an iPhone and iPad.

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES MAKE BELIEVE is an illustrated book for children. It is the second in a series called GRANDMA’S GIRLS and is about a little girl who explores her creativity in various forms of expression. Young readers will relate to the pretend play that the main character, Hayley, enjoys. The story also portrays the little girl’s relationship with her Grandmother who engages and encourages Hayley’s imagination. There is a secret butterfl y on each page for the reader to discover as an added element to the enjoyment of the story.This book is written for parents to read aloud to their children and for children old enough to read for themselves.

The behind-the-scenes report on how Wal-Mart has become arguably the most powerful force for environmental change anywhere. In his national bestseller The Wal-Mart Effect, award-winning journalist Charles Fishman penetrated the store’s once impenetrable wall of secrecy to chart Wal-Mart’s impact on workers, suppliers, communities, and even the way we see the world and delivered to readers a high-resolution portrait of a business that has evolved into a vast economic ecosystem. Since The The Wal-Mart Effect was published in 2006, the store has gone from being one of the most reviled—and scrutinized—corporations in America to being an outspoken proponent of sustainable practices. How did Wal-Mart pull off such a reputation overhaul? In his new introduction to The Wal-Mart Effect, Fishman chronicles the work of Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott whose mission became to reconcile how Wal-Mart shoppers feel about the store with how Wal-Mart is viewed by critics. By providing a forum for Wal-Mart watchdogs to sound off, and through a reexamination of business procedures and motivations, Scott shifted the company’s focus to sustainability and the environmental impact of capitalism. Wal-Mart has emerged from this revolution as a powerful and conscientious player in this ever-evolving economy.

Wal-Mart è la più grande azienda al mondo. Vende più merci di ogni altra catena commerciale del pianeta e dà lavoro a quasi due milioni di persone in America, Asia, Europa. A partire dagli anni Novanta ha rivoluzionato la grande distribuzione americana e quindi mondiale al motto di: Always Low Prices!. Da Wal-Mart ogni prodotto di grande consumo costa sempre meno che altrove. L''attenzione maniacale ai prezzi bassi è ancora oggi il motore che spinge l''espansione di Wal-Mart, e che esercita un''enorme pressione sui fornitori da ogni parte del mondo. E la priorità assegnata al taglio dei costi si ripercuote sui dipendenti - tutti rigorosamente non sindacalizzati - che lavorano alle casse e nei reparti dei giganteschi supercenter che dominano il panorama suburbano. Denunce di salari di povertà, discriminazione sistematica delle donne in azienda e condizioni disumane nelle fabbriche d''oltremare hanno portato Wal-Mart sul banco degli imputati. Il saggio di Fishman è l''appassionante resoconto dell''irresistibile ascesa e dei lati oscuri del mastodonte di Bentonville e dell''immenso potere che esercita giorno dopo giorno anche su chi non andrà mai a farci la spesa. Bestseller in America, il libro racconta attraverso un meticoloso lavoro d''inchiesta tutti i risvolti umani ed economici dell''effetto Wal-Mart.

Fishmen examines the passing of the golden age of water and reveals the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor.

An award-winning journalist breaks through the wall of secrecy to reveal how the world''s most powerful company really works and how it is transforming the American economy.

Enduring Change in Eating Disorders provides a unique perspective on the successful treatment of eating disorders, which are among the most debilitating and recalcitrant psychiatric diseases. Unique in the field, this book details effective Structural Family Therapy with qualitative follow-ups of up to 20 years. A practical approach providing concrete tools to the clinician to creating change that holds over time with bulimia, anorexia, and compulsive overeating. The text draws on cases from the author''s practice of over twenty-five years and follows his approach in the theoretical tradition of Intensive Structural Family Therapy (IST). Chapters discuss the nature and significance of eating disorders, a review of current treatment approaches, and the importance of the family in the therapeutic process. Cases of eating disorders in youths and adults are provided as well as instances of bulimia, anorexia, and compulsive overeating. Three appendices provide the reader with information regarding the scientific basis of the IST model, the effectiveness of the approach in treating conditions other than eating disorders and preventing eating disorders.

Winner of the 1996 Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest.

Este volumen propone ir más allá de la organización familiar para abordar procesos interaccionales específicos, en la medida en que los problemas familiares son creados y mantenidos por la sociedad. Fishman denomina a su modelo Terapia Estructural Intensiva o TEI. Es una terapia breve en que el terapeuta trabaja con el contexto contemporáneo del paciente para producir un cambio inmediato por la vía de transformar ese contexto, de acrecentarlo recontextuándolo, o de ambas maneras. La primera parte expone el modelo y la teoría general en que se basa, elaborando un abordaje de terapia estructural intensiva en cinco pasos. La segunda parte gira en torno de principios de intervención en subsistemas específicos del contexto contemporáneo de la familia: hermanos, pares, escuelas, lugar de trabajo, servicios sociales, etc. La claridad expositiva de Fishman es notable, y ricos historiales clínicos acompañan sus explicaciones.

Los doctores Minuchin y Fishman, maestros de la terapia familiar, exponen tanto para el neofito como para el especialista un integro repertorio de intervenciones, brindandoles de esta manera una guia clara y matizada. Su enfoque amplio toma al terapeuta desde los pasos iniciales, en el momento mismo en que se definen las metas de la terapia, hasta llegar a la culminacion, cuando la familia alcanza un funcionamiento mas eficaz. Estas instrucciones estan acompanadas de extensas transcripciones de sesiones reales, que ejemplifican la aplicacion de cada una de las tecnicas en la practica efectiva. Los autores tratan de las aptitudes que el terapeuta debe alcanzar para convertirse en un eficaz promotor del cambio. Comprender a la familia, entrar en coparticipacion con ella y planificar el tratamiento son pasos esenciales que aqui se consideran. Tecnicas mas especificas incluyen la escenificacion del problema, su reencuadramiento y su intensificacion hasta el punto en que entre en crisis. Entre las tacticas complementarias que todo terapeuta debe dominar estan la modificacion de las fronteras trazadas entre los miembros de la familia, el desequilibramiento de la estructura de relaciones y el refuerzo de los sectores de vida armoniosa. Por ultimo, los autores explican como construir realidades diferentes para la familia, utilizar intervenciones paradojicas y poner el acento en los lados fuertes.

Delineates the fundamental therapeutic strategies of family practice, from the definition of problems through enactment and crisis to the final resolution, and demonstrates these techniques in transcripts of actual clinical sessions.

Còn hơn cả trí thông minh, sự kiên trì hay các mối quan hệ, trí tò mò đã giúp tôi sống một cuộc đời như tôi muốn. Trí tò mò là thứ đưa nguồn năng lượng và sự sáng suốt vào mọi việc tôi làm… Đối với tôi, trí tò mò mang lại khả năng cho mọi thứ. Trí tò mò đã trở thành phẩm chất có giá trị nhất, nguồn lực quan trọng nhất và động lực trung tâm trong cuộc sống của tôi… Vì lẽ đó, tôi quyết định viết một cuốn sách về trí tò mò. Nó đã (và hiện vẫn) khiến cuộc sống của tôi trở nên tốt đẹp hơn. Nó cũng có thể khiến cuộc sống của các bạn tốt hơn lên như thế… Mục đích của cuốn sách này rất đơn giản: Tôi muốn cho bạn thấy trí tò mò quý giá đến nhường nào, và nhắc bạn rằng nó mang lại sự vui vẻ ra sao. Tôi muốn cho bạn biết cách tôi sử dụng nó và chính bạn cũng có thể tận dụng nó. Cuộc sống không phải là đi tìm câu trả lời mà là đặt ra các câu hỏi. - Brian Grazer “Tôi chẳng có tài trí gì đặc biệt. Tôi chỉ cực kỳ tò mò mà thôi.” - Albert Einstein “Các cuộc trò chuyện tò mò có thể giúp bạn có được một cuộc sống tốt đẹp hơn. Chúng có thể mang lại cho bạn những giá trị như chúng đã mang lại cho tôi – chúng có thể giúp bạn bước ra khỏi thế giới của mình, chúng có thể giúp bạn có được những trải nghiệm mà bạn chưa từng biết.” - Brian Grazer