Main description:

This is a model for successful integration of multiple points of view, James R. Bitter's Theory and Practice of Family Therapy and Counseling, 2E, International Edition supports the development of personal, professional, and ethical family practice. The text's concrete, empirically based approaches, as well as diagnostics and visual tools, allow students to observe others in groups. Updated to reflect recent research and current practice, the Second Edition also includes a new chapter on Object Relations Family Therapy. Case studies, sample dialogues, and exercises help students apply the concepts they have learned.

Contents:

1. Introduction and Overview. 2. The Family Practitioner as Person and Professional. 3. Virtue, Ethics, and Legality in Family Practice. 4. Object Relations Family Therapy. 5. Adlerian Family Therapy. 6. Multigenerational Family Therapy. 7. The Satir Model: The Human Validation Process Model. 8. Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy. 9. Structural Family Therapy. 10. Strategic Family Therapy. 11. Solution-Focused and Solution Oriented Therapy. 12. Postmodern, Social Construction, and Narratives in Family Therapy. 13. Feminist Family Therapy. 14. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy. 15. Parenting for the 21st Century. 16. Integration, Parts I and II.