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Product reviews for The Miracle Question – Paperback Edition
MarÃia Escalante Cortina, Psychotherapist Mexico City
Linda Metcalf has presented a well-written book that provides tools for mental health professionals and the general public. The Miracle Question contains information that helps readers find their own answers to a variety of issues by starting with a simple question: How would a miracle change your life? (p.1)
Chapter One:” Begin With a Miracle,” encourages people to recall times when they have told themselves “If only a miracle would happen-¦“This simple question itself can help readers enter trance and explore possible solutions to their problems. People have the power within themselves to make that miracle happen, by stepping out of their problems and begin finding their own solutions. “They simply needed to answer The Miracle Question, learn from themselves how the answer to it would make a difference, and then realize that they were competent enough to achieve it.”(Page 2)I found useful examples of how “The Miracle Question” gave people their lives back and how this led them to encounter their own resources.
As therapists, we often find ourselves evolving during our profession. The author explains how she changed her approach when she realized that she was just gathering information and was not asking the right questions. She needed to focus instead on how people wanted things to be in their life. People are invited to answer The Miracle Question and translate their ideas into miracle goals or what the miracle will do for them.
It is also important to identify the better things in one's life. Chapter Three, “Check Out Your Exceptions” includes case examples where people identify exceptions, times when they could deal with their problems better.
“Consider Your System Before Moving Forward” shows the importance of thinking about the consequences of change and how a system may be influenced as a result. An exercise called “Understanding the Values and Needs of your System”(p.46)helps readers become aware of the outcome of change. Chapter Four, “Write the Action Plan for Change, “includes an exercise for working with typical descriptions (adjectives)that make people feel stuck in their lives.
“Give Your Marriage a Miracle” is about saving marriages by focusing on the strengths couples sometimes forget they had when their relationship was good and their marriage was still working. Couples can re-discover past strengths by responding to questions such as “What did your spouse do for you during the good times that endeared him/her to you?”(p.83).Another chapter, “Take Control Over Harmful Habits” can help clients overcome addictions.
There are several sections throughout the book with blank spaces to be filled in. A good example of this is in “Parenting Your Small Miracle. “Every therapist has a memorable case that challenges and makes us smile. This sentence reminded me of a little boy named Diego who came to my office for consultation a few years ago, and he can still make me smile! As professionals, we might forget our personal skills and qualities. By filling in “The Personal Survey of Professional and Personal Skills” we can become more aware of our abilities.
If I had to summarize in just one sentence what can THE MIRACLE QUESTION Answer It And Change Your Life do for you ,I would say: This book will help you create your own miracle!
Chapter One:” Begin With a Miracle,” encourages people to recall times when they have told themselves “If only a miracle would happen-¦“This simple question itself can help readers enter trance and explore possible solutions to their problems. People have the power within themselves to make that miracle happen, by stepping out of their problems and begin finding their own solutions. “They simply needed to answer The Miracle Question, learn from themselves how the answer to it would make a difference, and then realize that they were competent enough to achieve it.”(Page 2)I found useful examples of how “The Miracle Question” gave people their lives back and how this led them to encounter their own resources.
As therapists, we often find ourselves evolving during our profession. The author explains how she changed her approach when she realized that she was just gathering information and was not asking the right questions. She needed to focus instead on how people wanted things to be in their life. People are invited to answer The Miracle Question and translate their ideas into miracle goals or what the miracle will do for them.
It is also important to identify the better things in one's life. Chapter Three, “Check Out Your Exceptions” includes case examples where people identify exceptions, times when they could deal with their problems better.
“Consider Your System Before Moving Forward” shows the importance of thinking about the consequences of change and how a system may be influenced as a result. An exercise called “Understanding the Values and Needs of your System”(p.46)helps readers become aware of the outcome of change. Chapter Four, “Write the Action Plan for Change, “includes an exercise for working with typical descriptions (adjectives)that make people feel stuck in their lives.
“Give Your Marriage a Miracle” is about saving marriages by focusing on the strengths couples sometimes forget they had when their relationship was good and their marriage was still working. Couples can re-discover past strengths by responding to questions such as “What did your spouse do for you during the good times that endeared him/her to you?”(p.83).Another chapter, “Take Control Over Harmful Habits” can help clients overcome addictions.
There are several sections throughout the book with blank spaces to be filled in. A good example of this is in “Parenting Your Small Miracle. “Every therapist has a memorable case that challenges and makes us smile. This sentence reminded me of a little boy named Diego who came to my office for consultation a few years ago, and he can still make me smile! As professionals, we might forget our personal skills and qualities. By filling in “The Personal Survey of Professional and Personal Skills” we can become more aware of our abilities.
If I had to summarize in just one sentence what can THE MIRACLE QUESTION Answer It And Change Your Life do for you ,I would say: This book will help you create your own miracle!
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07/11/2006 00:00
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