Main description:

*A student- and clinician-friendly work, with all chapters revised; 35% new material includes new sidebars highlighting common challenges.
*Features a rich array of cases to illustrate techniques, issues, pitfalls, and insights.
*The author's nearly 50 years of experience shine through in this work and his many related workshops.
*Excellent as a core text or supplement to an MFT survey textbook.

Contents:

1. Family Therapy: Welcome to Oz
2. Core Concepts: Problems, Process, Patterns, and Resistance
3. The Basic Seven: What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do
4. In the Beginning: Great Expectations
5. In the Beginning: Running the Sessions
6. The Middle Stage: Are We There Yet?
7. Endings: Enough Already?
8. Jack Has a Problem: Kids in the Family
9. Jack: The Story Continues
10. Maggie: It's Not About Food
11. Helping Maggie: Unraveling Adolescence
12. Getting to the Core: Couple Work in Family Therapy
13. The Power of One: Individual Work in a Family Context
14. Staying Sane: Survival Tips for Therapists
References
Index