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I Am a Therapist and I Have Three Tennis Balls in My Office
Author(s) -
O'Donoghue Mark
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1375/anft.28.1.35
Subject(s) - aside , hammer , project commissioning , nail (fastener) , psychology , aesthetics , advertising , publishing , engineering , art , business , mechanical engineering , literature
There is wisdom in the saying that ‘To a person with a hammer everything looks like a nail’. As a therapist my hammer is talking, naturally and inevitably, and most things look like they need talking. But, there are times when I put my talking tool aside and select another tool and my three tennis balls are one of the tools for which I reach.
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