Family Therapy category: 649 books
Marriage and Family Therapy
A Practice-Oriented Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
There are many different models of marriage and family therapy; the challenge for students and beginning practitioners is deciding which one best suits their individual purposes. This highly practical volume elucidates the defining characteristics of 14 contemporary models, including their history,...
Family Therapy
100 Key Points and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2009
Family therapy is increasingly recognised as one of the evidence based psychotherapies. In contemporary therapeutic practice, family therapy is helpful across the age span and for distress caused by family conflict, trauma and mental health difficulties. Because of this, many psychotherapists integrate...
Family Therapy Supervision in Extraordinary Settings
Illustrations of Systemic Approaches in Everyday Clinical Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
Family Therapy Supervision in Extraordinary Settings showcases the dynamism of systemic family therapy supervision/consultation as it expands beyond typical and historical traditions. In this unique collection, contributors write about their innovations, unexpected learnings, and “perfect accidents”...
Marriage and Family Therapy, Second Edition
A Practice-Oriented Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
This text provides students of family therapy with a unique opportunity to understand and compare the inner workings of 14 traditional and non-traditional family therapy models. The book demonstrates, through innovative “guiding templates,” how the different therapeutic models are applied in an...
by Ronald Mah
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
"Therapy? What's Therapy!?" Therapy takes many forms and requires the therapist to flex among many potential roles: judge, referee, facilitator, mirror, guide, educator, fixer, interventionist, parent, and cross-cultural guide. The therapy becomes the vehicle of hope- building, finding, and perhaps,...
Engaging Children in Family Therapy
Creative Approaches to Integrating Theory and Research in Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A common question at the initial meeting of a family therapist and a new client(s) is often whether or not to include a child or children in the counseling sessions. The inclusion of a child in the family therapy process often changes the dynamic between client and therapist -- and between the clients...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Now in its second edition, this text introduces readers to the rich history and practice of Marriage and Family Therapy, with 32 professionals from across the US presenting their knowledge in their areas of expertise. This blend of approaches and styles gives this text a unique voice and makes it...
Family Therapy Beyond Postmodernism
Practice Challenges Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Postmodernist ideas are widely used in family therapy. However, it is argued that these ideas have their limits in meeting the richness and complexity of human experience and therapy practice. Family Therapy Beyond Postmodernism examines postmodernism and its expressions in family therapy, raising...
Positive Psychology and Family Therapy
Creative Techniques and Practical Tools for Guiding Change and Enhancing Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
An affirming guide equipping family therapists to effectively incorporate positive psychology within their practices
The next step in the evolution of family therapy, positive psychology has enabled family therapists to help families—whatever their form—to build upon their strengths, overcome...
Family Therapy
Models and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
This textoffers a straightforward, comprehensive overview of both traditional and evolving theoretical models of family therapy and intervention techniques as well as a discussion of clinical issues unique to family therapy practice. Aiming to prepare students to develop beginning proficiency in family...
Developments in Family Therapy (Psychology Revivals)
Theories and Applications Since 1948
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Originally published in 1981, this volume presents papers by the leading British theorists and practitioners in family therapy from its beginnings up to the 1980s. It collected together for the first time a number of important previously published articles which had relevance and interest for family...
Family and Marital Psychotherapy (Psychology Revivals)
A Critical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
The family therapy movement had from its earliest days been marked by a surge of creativity and by the energy of the new ideas it generated. Originally published in 1979, the authors of the original essays collected together in this book felt that the time had come to take stock and to scrutinise...
Handbook of Family Therapy
The Science and Practice of Working with Families and Couples
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Integrative, research-based, multisystemic: these words reflect not only the state of family therapy, but the nature of this comprehensive handbook as well. The contributors, all well-recognized names who have contributed extensively to the field, accept and embrace the tensions that emerge when integrating...
The Craft of Family Therapy
Challenging Certainties
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Family therapy trainees are inundated with a multitude of family therapy theories. They also have difficulty shifting from an individualistic view to one of seeing interactions and systems. How do therapists hone their own methods with all of these choices? And how do they learn how to best treat...