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Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods - Michael Nichols

Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods

Pearson New International Edition

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
328 Seiten
2013 | 10th edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-292-04188-9 (ISBN)
CHF 106,00 inkl. MwSt
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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.11.2013
Verlagsort Harlow
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 279 mm
Gewicht 718 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 1-292-04188-9 / 1292041889
ISBN-13 978-1-292-04188-9 / 9781292041889
Zustand Neuware
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