Family Therapy: The Basics

✍ Scribed by Michael D. Reiter

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 213
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Family Therapy: The Basics provides a clear and concise overview of the field of family therapy and its foundational models. This text explores the history, skills, and theories upon which family therapy rests, highlighting the main figures, concepts, ethical principles, and methods.Focusing on the breadth of the field, readers are provided answers to some of the most important questions for potential therapists:

• What are the primary skills family therapists use to help families change?

• How do family therapists incorporate aspects of diversity into their practice?

• What are the major models of family therapy practice?

• Where is the field of family therapy headed in the future?

Family Therapy: The Basics is an ideal introduction for students exploring the field of psychotherapy and how a focus on the family and the use of various family therapy theories can help shift family organizations and relationships.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
About the Author
Contributor Biographies
Preface
1 History of Family Therapy
Orienting Questions
A History of Family Therapy
Early History
Conjoint Therapy
Schizophrenia’s Influence
Development of Theoretical Models
The Influence of Postmodernism
The 21st Century
Major Players
Distinction Between Family Therapy and Other Mental Health Professions
Schooling
Licensure
Professional Associations
Why Families Seek Out Family Therapists
Glossary
Chapter Summary
Reference
2 Family Therapy Ethics
Orienting Questions
Core Ethical Principles
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Autonomy
Confidentiality
Justice
Fidelity
Veracity
Suicidality
Duty to Warn
Ethics Specific to Family Therapy
Multiconfidentiality
Secrets
Equity
Diagnosis
Ethical Decision Making
Glossary
Chapter Summary
3 Systems Theory
Orienting Questions
What Are Systems?
Change
Understanding Patterns
Family Lifecycle
Pattern Interruption
Linear Versus Circular Viewpoints
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
4 Core Competencies of Family Therapists
Orienting Questions
Core Competencies
Self-of-the-Therapist
Joining
Understanding Client Motivation
Basic Therapy Skills
Empathy
Distinguishing Between Content and Process
Emotionality
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
5 Intergenerational Family Therapies
Orienting Questions
Bowen’s Natural Systems Theory
Why Families Have Problems
Differentiation of Self
Triangles
Nuclear Family Emotional Process
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
Emotional Cutoff
Sibling Position
Societal Emotional Process
How Problems Get Solved
Genograms
Detriangulating
Contextual Therapy
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
6 Experiential Family Therapies
Orienting Questions
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
7 Strategic Family Therapies
Orienting Questions
MRI Brief Therapy
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Interventions
Strategic Therapy
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
8 Systemic Family Therapies
Orienting Questions
Milan Systemic Family Therapy
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Interventions
Structural Family Therapy
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
9 Postmodern Family Therapies
Orienting Questions
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Narrative Therapy
Why Families Have Problems
How Problems Get Solved
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
10 Diversity And Family Therapy
Orienting Questions
Diversity
Social Justice
From Cultural Competence to Cultural Responsiveness
LGBTQIA Clients
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
11 The Future of Family Therapy
Orienting Questions
Expansion of Work Environments
Telehealth
Empirically Validated Treatment
Single-Session Therapy
International Family Therapy
Glossary
Chapter Summary
References
Bibliography
Index