Abstract
Dr. Peter A. D. Sherrard, associate professor of counselor education at the University of Florida is interviewed by Brian J. Mistler. The interview includes discussion of the concept of systems with an emphasis on cybernetic and ecosystemic perspectives; Dr. Sherrard's own life and experiences; the various influences on family therapy; the solution focused approach; feedback; creativity; Gestalt Therapy; metalogue; self-transcendence; pattern recognition; change; wholism; pragmatism; social construction; Zen meditation; attention; mystery; couples counseling; training groups; T-groups; behaviorism; religious conversion; theology; the Holy; serendipity; kidnapping; experts; existentialism; arbitrary punctuation; mind; culture; values; ethics; deafness; differentiation; negotiation; quantum theory; and the work of Gregory Bateson, Milton Erickson, Steve DeShazer, Carl Rogers, Paul Watzlawick, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Peter Berger, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Nevitt Sandord, David Schnarch and Murray Bowen.
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