Michael P. Nichols

Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods (eBook, PDF)

Pearson New International Edition

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THE definitive classic text in the field of Family Therapy

Family Therapy: Concepts & Methods describes and analyses the field of family therapy, covering its history, schools, and developments. Numerous case studies throughout the text help students understand the link between history, theory, and practice.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:

• Describe clinical approaches
• Understand old and new developments in the field of family therapy
• Analyse successes and failures in research, and the impact on current clinical practices
• Compare different schools of family therapy and explain the contemporary status of distinct schools of therapy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292054605
• Artikelnr.: 41940462

Inhaltsangabe

IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
2.) FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PART ONE THE CONTEXT OF FAMILY THERAPY  
 
Chapter 1  The Evolution of Family Therapy
Chapter 2  Basic Techniques of Family Therapy  
Chapter 3  The Fundamental Concepts of Family Therapy Cybernetics
 
PART TWO  THE CLASSIC SCHOOLS OF FAMILY THERAPY 
 
Chapter 4   Bowen Family Systems Therapy   
Chapter 5   Strategic Family Therapy
Chapter 6   Structural Family Therapy
Chapter 7   Experimental Family Therapy
Chapter 8   Psychoanalytic Family Therapy
Chapter 9   Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy  
Chapter 10  Family Therapy in the Twenty-First Century 
 
PART THREE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FAMILY THERAPY 
 
Chapter 11  Solution-focused Therapy
Chapter 12  Narrative Therapy
Chapter 13  Comparative Analysis  
Chapter 14  Research on Family Intervention  
 
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PART ONE  The Context of Family Therapy
 
Introduction   The Foundations of Family Therapy
The Myth of the Hero
Psychotherapeutic Sanctuary   
Family versus Individual Therapy  
Psychology and Social Context
Thinking in Lines, Thinking in Circles
The Power of Family Therapy   
Recommended Readings
 
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Family Therapy   
The Undeclared War 
Small Group Dynamics
The Child Guidance Movement  
Research on Family Dynamics and the Etiology of Schizophrenia 
Gregory Bateson–Palo Alto 
Theodore Lidz–Yale 
Lyman Wynne–National Institute of Mental Health
Role Theorists
Marriage Counseling  
From Research to Treatment: The Pioneers of Family Therapy  
John Bell  
Palo Alto  
Murray Bowen
Nathan Ackerman   
Carl Whitaker 
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
Salvador Minuchin  
Other Early Centers of Family Therapy
The Golden Age of Family Therapy  
Summary
Recommended Readings
References  
 
Chapter 2: Basic Techniques of Family Therapy  
Getting Started  
The Initial Telephone Call  
The First Interview
The Early Phase of Treatment  
The Middle Phase of Treatment
Termination
Family Assessment
The Presenting Problem
Understanding the Referral Route
Identifying the Systemic Context
Stage of the Life Cycle  
Family Structure
Communication   
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse 
Extramarital Affairs
Gender
Culture
The Ethical Dimension
Family Therapy with Specific Presenting Problems 
Marital Violence  
Sexual Abuse of Children   
Working with Managed Care 
Summary
Recommended Readings
References  
 
Chapter 3: The Fundamental Concepts of Family Therapy Cybernetics   
Systems Theory
General Systems Theory   
Social Constructionism   
Constructivi