Metaphors are woven so deeply and so commonly into the fabric of our spoken communication that we hardly notice how rich and patterned they are. Yet these metaphors carry within them the very strands of our deepest thoughts and feelings about the world and our relationship to it. If we follow the threads that our metaphors point us towards, if ...

Wendy Sullivan and Judy Rees had done a valuable service in bringing practical and accessible learning to Clean Language. Having been invited by the founder of ‘Clean’, David Grove to Auckland, NZ., I was exposed to his genius. Like others before me, most notably, authors Penny Tompkins and James Lawley (who made ‘Clean Language ...

Wendy Sullivan and Judy Rees (2008) Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds, Crown House, Carmarthen, 205 pages Ever since David Grove inspired others to use clean language in therapy, its uses in other disciplines have been evident. For many coaches, clean language is little more than a collection of 12 helpful and logical ...