Main description:

The most thorough and well-written text in the field, Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice, covers all aspects of working with families. Beginning with an explanation of how individual and family life cycles differ and how healthy and dysfunctional families operate regardless of structure or ethnicity, the author clearly covers the basic processes involved in treating couples and families before delving into a dozen theoretical ways of treating families. Readers will learn about the history of family therapy, multicultural aspects of family therapy, ways of working with various types of families, ethical and legal issues involved in family therapy, and ways of assessing families. Thoroughly updated and revised, the fifth edition is logically organized into three sections-Understanding Families and Family Dynamics, Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Families, and Professional and Clinical Issues in Family Therapy. Each chapter has an abundance of examples and case studies, and discussion questions included at the end of each chapter help to engage class participation.

Contents:

Prologue Part One Understanding Families and Family Dynamics Chapter 1: Individual and Family Life Cycles Chapter 2: Healthy and Dysfunctional Families Chapter 3: Working with Culturally Diverse Families Chapter 4: Working with Single-Parent Families Chapter 5: Working with Blended Families Part two Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Families Chapter 6: History of Family Therapy Chapter 7: The Process of Family Therapy Chapter 8: Couple and Marriage Enrichment and Therapy Chapter 9: Psychodynamic and Bowen Family Therapies Chapter 10: Experiential Family Therapy Chapter 11: Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapies Chapter 12: Structural Family Therapy Chapter 13: Strategic Family Therapy Chapter 14: Solution-Focused and Narrative Family Therapies Part Three Professional Issues and Research in Family Therapy Chapter 15: Working with Substance-Related Disorders, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse Chapter 16: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Family Therapy Chapter 17: Research and Assessment in Family Therapy