Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods

✍ Scribed by Michael P. Nichols, Sean Davis

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 321
• Edition: 12
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An authoritative, readable, informative guide to the field of family therapy
Long considered the standard of excellence - the best introduction and guide to the practice of family therapy available - Family Therapy explores the rich history and contemporary practice of the entire field. Thorough, thoughtful, fair, and balanced, this accessible resource presents ideas and techniques that give readers a clear focus on clinical practice. While exploring the history, the classic schools, and the latest developments in the field, the 12th Edition puts an increased, pragmatic focus on clinical practice, including the author's observations of actual sessions with leading practitioners, as well as the best case studies of several invited master therapists. Included are new case studies, a new chapter on research in family therapy, an expanded and updated section on technology, and many more content changes that bring the reader up to date on the latest and most critical issues in the field today.
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✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Foreword
Preface
Brief Contents
Contents
PART I THE CONTEXT OF FAMILY THERAPY
Introduction The Foundations of Family Therapy
The Myth of the Hero
Psychotherapeutic Sanctuary
Family versus Individual Therapy
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
Marriage Counseling
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
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
The Postmodern Revolution
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 2 The Fundamental Concepts of Family Therapy
Cybernetics
Systems Theory
General Systems Theory
Social Constructionism
Constructivism
The Social Construction of Reality
Attachment Theory
The Working Concepts of Family Therapy
Interpersonal Context
Circular Causality
Triangles
Process/Content
Family Structure
Family Life Cycle
Family Narratives
Gender
Culture
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 3 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 Sexual Abuse
Extramarital Affairs
Gender
Culture
The Ethical Dimension
The Marriage and Family Therapy License
Family Therapy with Specific Presenting Problems
Marital Violence
Sexual Abuse of Children
Working with Managed Care
Community Mental Health
Fee-for-Service Private Practice
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
PART II THE CLASSIC SCHOOLS OF FAMILY THERAPY
Chapter 4 Bowen Family Systems Therapy
Sketches of Leading Figures
Theoretical Formulations
Differentiation of Self
Emotional Triangles
Nuclear Family Emotional Process
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Emotional Processes
Emotional Cutoff
Sibling Position
Societal Emotional Process
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Functioning
Development of Behavior Disorders
Mechanisms of Change
Goals of Therapy
Conditions for Behavior Change
Therapy
Assessment
Therapeutic Techniques
Evaluating Therapy Theory and Results
Current Status of the Model
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 5 Strategic Family Therapy
Sketches of Leading Figures
Theoretical Formulations
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Functioning
Development of Behavior Disorders
Mechanisms of Change
Goals of Therapy
Conditions for Behavior Change
Therapy
Assessment
Therapeutic Techniques
Evaluating Therapy Theory and Results
Current Status of the Model
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 6 Structural Family Therapy
Sketches of Leading Figures
Theoretical Formulations
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Functioning
Development of Behavior Disorders
Mechanisms of Change
Goals of Therapy
Conditions for Behavior Change
Therapy
Assessment
Therapeutic Techniques
Evaluating Therapy Theory and Results
Current Status of the Model
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 7 Experiential Family Therapy
Sketches of Leading Figures
Theoretical Formulations
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Functioning
Development of Behavior Disorders
Mechanisms of Change
Goals of Therapy
Conditions for Behavior Change
Therapy
Assessment
Therapeutic Techniques
Evaluating Therapy Theory and Results
Current Status of the Model
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 8 Psychoanalytic Family Therapy
Sketches of Leading Figures
Theoretical Formulations
Freudian Drive Psychology
Self Psychology
Object Relations Theory
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Functioning
Development of Behavior Disorders
Mechanisms of Change
Goals of Therapy
Conditions for Behavior Change
Therapy
Assessment
Therapeutic Techniques
Evaluating Therapy Theory and Results
Current Status of the Model
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 9 Cognitive‐Behavioral Family Therapy
Sketches of Leading Figures
Theoretical Formulations
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Functioning
Development of Behavior Disorders
Mechanisms of Change
Goals of Therapy
Conditions for Behavior Change
Therapy
Behavioral Parent Training
Behavioral Couples Therapy
The Cognitive‐Behavioral Approach to Family Therapy
Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction
Evaluating Therapy Theory and Results
Current Status of the Model
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
PART III RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FAMILY THERAPY
Chapter 10 Family Therapy in the Twenty-First Century
Challenges to Traditional Family Systems Models
Erosion of Boundaries
Postmodernism
The Feminist Critique
Social Constructionism and the Narrative Revolution
Multiculturalism
Race
Poverty and Social Class
Immigration
Gay and Lesbian Rights
Spirituality and Religion
New Frontiers
Advances in Neuroscience
Sex and the Internet
Technology and the Family
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 11 Tailoring Treatment to Specific Populations and Problems
Tailoring Treatment to Populations and Problems
Single-Parent Families
African American Families
Gay and Lesbian Families
Transgender Individuals and Their Families
Home-Based Services
Psychoeducation and Schizophrenia
Medical Family Therapy
Relationship Enrichment Programs
Discernment Counseling
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 12 Solution-Focused Therapy
Sketches of Leading Figures
Theoretical Formulations
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Development
Development of Behavior Disorders
Mechanisms of Change
Goals of Therapy
Conditions for Behavior Change
Therapy
Assessment
Therapeutic Techniques
Problem Description
Taking a Break and Giving Feedback
Later Sessions
Interviewing Children
Evaluating Therapy Theory and Results
Current Status of the Model
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 13 Narrative Therapy
Sketches of Leading Figures
Theoretical Formulations
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Development
Development of Behavior Disorders
Mechanisms of Change
Goals of Therapy
Conditions for Behavior Change
Therapy
Assessment
Therapeutic Techniques
Evaluating Therapy Theory and Results
Current Status of the Model
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
PART IV THE EVALUATION OF FAMILY THERAPY
Chapter 14 Comparative Analysis
Theoretical Formulations
Families as Systems
Stability and Change
Process/Content
Monadic, Dyadic, and Triadic Models
Boundaries
Family Dynamics
Normal Family Development
Development of Behavior Disorders
Inflexible Systems
Pathologic Triangles
Therapy
Assessment
Decisive Interventions
Integrative Models
Eclecticism
Selective Borrowing
Specially Designed Integrative Models
Integrative Problem-Centered Metaframeworks (IPCM) Therapy
The Narrative Solutions Approach
Integrative Couples Therapy
Dialectical Behaviorism
Other Integrative Models
Integrative Family Therapy Approaches for Adolescents
Community Family Therapy
Conclusion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 15 Research on Family Intervention
Family Therapy Research in the Early Days
The Search for a Winner: Randomized Controlled Trials
The Search for Consensus: Meta-Analysis
Effects of Family Therapy with Specific Populations
Family Therapy Research Today
Common Factors
The Search for How Change Occurs: Process and Observational Research
Family Therapy Research in the Future
Recommended Readings
Glossary
References
Index
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