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I Am a Therapist and I Have Three Tennis Balls in My Office

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Mark O'Donoghue
Mark O'Donoghue*
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide and at Access-Ocar EAP & Workplace Consulting; Adelaide North Eastern Division of General Practice.mark.odonoghue@adelaide.edu.au
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*Address for correspondence: The University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Abstract

There is wisdom in the saying that ‘To a person with a hammer everything looks like a nail’. As a therapist my hammer is talking, naturally and inevitably, and most things look like they need talking. But, there are times when I put my talking tool aside and select another tool and my three tennis balls are one of the tools for which I reach.

Keywords

Practice wisdomtherapeutic metaphordoing vs. talking
Type
Practice Notes
Information
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2007 , pp. 35 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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