“The Routledge International Handbook of Postmodern Therapies offers an exciting, much needed, in-depth exploration of postmodern thought and its impact on therapeutic approaches, research, and education. Established and emerging leaders provide multiple perspectives across contexts, creating an invigorating, complex, yet accessible discussion, moving in and out of theoretical and practical considerations. This book provides foundational insights and is a must read for anyone seeking to better understand and broaden their ability to work from postmodern approaches!”

Teresa McDowell, EdD, Professor emerita, Lewis & Clark College, Co-author of Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice

“How fortunate are we to have within one book the wide and diverse range of papers that go under the rubric of postmodern therapies. There is nothing quite like this!”

David Epston, Co-originator with Michael White of Narrative Therapy

“The Routledge International Handbook of Postmodern Therapies remaps the landscape of postmodern therapies, making it an essential resource for contemporary practitioners, researchers, and educators. Top scholars from around the globe share how they have successfully used postmodern theories and practices to bringer greater humanity and justice to psychotherapy and beyond. Readers will find that each chapter enables them to envision fresh and liberating ways to advance their professional and personal development.”

Diane R. Gehart, PhD, Therapy that Works Institute, California State University, Northridge

“Written by the top thinkers and clinicians in the field of postmodern therapies, this is an excellent resource for teaching, research and clinical practice.”

Peter Rober, Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium

Olga Smoliak, PhD, C. Psych, RMFT, is Professor of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph, Canada. She is interested in advancing critical and discursive perspectives and inquiry in counseling/psychotherapy and family therapy.

Eleftheria Tseliou, PhD, is Professor of Research Methodology and Qualitative Methods at the University of Thessaly (Greece) and a systemic therapist. She is also President of the Association of European Qualitative Researchers in Psychology (EQuiP). She is interested in discursive qualitative methodologies and systemic/postmodern therapies, and counseling/psychotherapy process research.

Tom Strong, PhD, is Professor and Counselor-Educator who recently retired from the University of Calgary, Canada. He writes on the collaborative, critical, and practical potentials of discursive approaches to psychotherapy.

Saliha Bava, PhD, LMFT, is Program Director and Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Mercy University, United States. She is the Cofounding Board Member of the International Certificate Program in Collaborative-Dialogic Practices (ICCP) and Board Member of Taos Institute. Her scholarship and consultation focus on critical discursive change practices in psychotherapy, educational, organizational and social context.

Peter Muntigl, PhD, is Staff Scientist in the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication at Ghent University (Belgium) and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University (Canada). His recent publications include Interaction in Psychotherapy (2024).