Wanderings and Crossroads: Touch and Participation in Psychiatry and Other Peace Work [Hardcover]

Wanderings and Crossroads: Touch and Participation in Psychiatry and Other Peace Work is made up of three unfinished manuscripts Andersen was working on at the time of his death, deftly and expertly brought together by the volume editors, and here published in English for the first time.

This book is a posthumous gift from Tom Andersen, sensitively edited and compiled by colleagues who knew the man and his work. It is a vitally important volume for anyone continuing to strive to make their practice a mutually humanising process. Tom Andersen movingly elaborates on the history of those ideas and people who inspired and sometimes challenged him. He takes the reader through each step of his professional life, and his continuing search to find peace in his work and peace of mind in his practice together with others.

This is a joy to read and a warm reminder of a man who really knew how to listen. Some years ago, Tom said to me, Listen to your wisdom. There is much wisdom in the lines of this book that will continue to inspire those open to listening and learning from one of Family Therapys greatest pioneers.

?Jim Wilson, Independent Systemic Consultant, Author and Trainer, 22/06/25.

Series editors' foreword  Foreword by Harlene Anderson's  Foreword   Introduction  An introduction to the book's content and context  Part 1: Professional and historical walks  1. Tom Andersen: lived life, democracy and contexts  2. Historical walks  Part 2: Professional crossroads  3. The first experiments and steps  4. The next experiments and steps  5. About reflective teams and processes  Part 3: The place and importance of language&lÓ-