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lucibello's Reviews (83)
informative
fast-paced
For a textbook, this was a really fast read with extremely useful information. It didn't get lost in theory, it was extremely practical.
reflective
fast-paced
Easy to pick up and set down, a very quick read, mostly anecdotes of various reframing techniques utilized within counseling sessions.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The author had a message, and it is a noble one that I agree with. That did mean that at times the book felt a little preachy, but given the book's intended audience, I think that should be excused. There were times where it felt that additional characters were added or additional plot lines were added in a somewhat disjointed way but overall I did enjoy the read and was glad I did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Self harm
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This may be one of the best books I have ever read, and I am convinced that I will need to read it several more times before I pull everything out of it that is applicable to me. It is weighty, there are a lot of truths and wisdom in it, slowing down while reading this one, perhaps even keeping a journal or taking it in in small portions is ideal.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
I'm a marriage and family therapist and this is a common book to be given to couples. I did not enjoy the beginning of it because it was just too simplistic and would maybe even be aloof in the sense that the solution to problems ignored underlying resentments. However, the book improved as you read it, and there were some excellent points made about acceptance versus change, and how to resolve conflict. Overall, I felt like it was a pretty slow read even though it's a small book.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
I was deeply challenged by this one. He made some sobering points and I may need to listen again to wrestle with the concepts more fully.
Family Therapy: A Systemic Integration Plus Mylab Search with Etext -- Access Card Package
Dorothy Stroh Becvar, Raphael J. Becvar
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I've read this book twice, once while in grad school to be a marriage and family therapist, and one says a refresher about three or four years later. I just finished it for the second time and had many of the same opinions, it's way too much fluff. The book works hard to justify its postmodernist approach, meaning that there are quite a few contradictions. For instance, it absolutely declares no absolutes, that type of thing. It also played a lot of semantic games, such as equating influence with manipulation, and perhaps this is a worldview thing but I do not see those as synonymous at all. So the book is a love-hate for me.
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Brilliant. The best mystery novel I have ever read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
His work as a top negotiator as well as his personal life experiences inform his methods and inspired the listener.
She had many valuable things to say, and she wasn't necessarily wrong. But I do think she got a little whiny, and overall I found the book completely unhelpful to me in my own attitudes as I try to maintain the world that I have created. It's easy to shift the blame on society or men, or even our upbringing as women, but we make daily decisions that have supported the carrying of the work, and we are good at it. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, and so I found the book unhelpful to me in who I am choosing to be in character and attitude. I had to stop the book.