Dorothy Becvar, Raphael Becvar

Family Therapy: A Systemic Integration

Pearson New International Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive, user-friendly guide to marriage and family therapy that takes a holistic view to look at people within the context of their environment. Family Therapy helps students understand the process of shifting from an individual psychology paradigm to a cybernetic or systems paradigm. The text is divided into three sections: "The Systemic Framework," "The Practice of Family Therapy," and "The Systemic Practitioner,? and it includes historical information, current developments, and ongoing debates. Various family and developmental theories are examined. The family therapy models considered include psychodynamic, natural systems, experiential, structural, communications, strategic, behavioral/cognitive, and several post-modern approaches. Assessment, intervention, training and supervision, research, and epistemological challenges are discussed within the context of practice. Learning Goals Upon completing this book readers will be able to: * Describe and compare various family therapy models * Discuss practical applications for different family and developmental theories * Review and assess unique family systems to determine the appropriate family therapy model * Understand how concepts with the same name differ in meaning at different levels (i.e. 1st order versus 2nd order cybernetics)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson Education Limited
• 8 ed
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 279mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 930g
• ISBN-13: 9781292041988
• ISBN-10: 1292041986
• Artikelnr.: 70503389

Inhaltsangabe

Found in this Section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
 
 
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Preface  
 
PART 1 THE SYSTEMIC FRAMEWORK  
Chapter 1: Two Different Worldviews  
Chapter 2: The Historical Perspective  
Chapter 3: The Paradigmatic Shift of Systems Theory  
Chapter 4: Postmodernism and Family Therapy 
Chapter 5: The Family: Process, Development, and Context  
 
PART 2THE PRACTICE OF FAMILY THERAPY
Chapter 6: Psychodynamic Approaches  
Chapter 7: Natural Systems Theory  
Chapter 8: Experiential Approaches  
Chapter 9: The Structural Approach  
Chapter 10: Communication Approaches  
Chapter 11: Strategic Approaches and the Milan Influence  
Chapter 12: Behavioral/Cognitive Approaches  
Chapter 13: Postmodern Approaches  
 
PART 3 THE SYSTEMIC PRACTITIONER  
Chapter 14:  Family Assessment  
Chapter 15: Therapeutic Intervention/Perturbation  
Chapter 16: Training and Supervision  
Chapter 17: Research in Family Therapy  
Chapter 18: Epistemological Challenges: Thinking About Our Thinking  
 
References  
Name Index 
Subject Index 
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface  
 
PART 1 THE SYSTEMIC FRAMEWORK  
Chapter 1: Two Different Worldviews  
The Framework of Individual Psychology  
The Framework of Systemic Family Therapy  
Basic Concepts of Systems Theory and Cybernetics  
Family Therapy or Relationship Therapy?  
Summary 
Practice Test
MySearchLab Connections 
 
Chapter 2: The Historical Perspective  
Planting the Seeds: The 1940s  
Cybernetics  
Development of Interdisciplinary Approaches  
Gregory Bateson  
Putting Down Roots: The 1950s  
Bateson (Continued)   
The Double-Bind Hypothesis  
Nathan Ackerman  
Murray Bowen  
Carl Whitaker  
Theodore Lidz  
Lyman Wynne  
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy  
John Elderkin Bell  
Christian F. Midelfort 
Overview of the 1950s  
The Plant Begins to Bud: The 1960s  
Paradigm Shift  
The MRI  
Salvador Minuchin  
Other Developments  
Blossom Time: The 1970s  
Psychodynamic Approaches  
Natural Systems Theory  
Experiential Approaches 
Structural Approaches  
Strategic Approaches  
Communication Approaches  
Behavioral Approaches  
Gregory Bateson  
Connecting and Integrating: The 1980s  
Other Voices  
The Limits of History  
Controversy, Conflict, and Beyond: The 1990s  
The Feminist Critique  
Family Therapy and Family Medicine  
Integration and Metaframeworks  
Managed Care  
The Twenty-First Century: Continuing Concerns and Emerging Trends  
Summary
Practice Test
MySearchLab Connectio