The authors identify direct address, a dialogic way of address and response, as the fundamental means of healing in relationships, especially in the family, viewing residual trust as the keystone of the dialogic process.

Barbara R. Krasner (Author) , Austin J. Joyce (Author)

Part I Roots of Relationship; Chapter 1 Here Am I; Chapter 2 Elements of Commitment; Part II II Ethical Tasks of a Contextual Therapist; Chapter 3 Relational Ethics: From Monologue to Dialogue; Chapter 4 Therapist as Cornerstone: Acting on Conviction; Chapter 5 Between People and Their Parents: Key to Direct Address; Chapter 6 Truth and Trust in Peer Relating; Chapter 7 Truth and Trust After Divorce: Dialogic Interventions, Janet I.Filing; Epilogue Glossary; References Index;