WORDS WERE ORIGINALLY MAGIC

Shazer, Steve de,
Words were originally magic,
ISBN 0-393-70171-9, Norton

Words were originally magic "With dazzling prcision and pithy humor, de Shazer traces the evolution of phlosophical and psychological constructs leading to the current state of the psychotherapeutic art. 

If the reader follows his ixample, as illustrated by the detailed case transcripts, words once again become empowered with magic for both thrapist and client." Yvonne M. Dolan, M.A.