Contents : Part I. Psychodynamic theories in marital therapy -- A model of marital interaction / Ellen Berman, Harold Lief, Ann Marie Williams -- Marital contracts / Clifford J. Sager -- Self-object considerations in marriage and marital therapy / John C. Sonne and Deborah Swirsky -- Transference considerations in marriage and marital therapy / John C. Sonne -- Marriage is a family affair : an …
Feminist critique of schools of family therapy / Marianne Ault-Riche -- Training family therapists as feminists / Judith A. Libow -- Women, families, and larger systems / Evan Imber-Black -- Feminist examination of family systems models of violence against women in the family / Michele Bogard -- Minority women: a nodal position in the functioning of the social system / Elaine B. Pinderhughes --…
The family as hero : competence and courage in family therapy -- Competence in everyday life -- Competence in therapy -- Healthy intentions, unhealthy outcomes -- Creating a vision -- Courage -- Partnership -- Lessons from children. Abstract "This book responds to a long-standing need in the field of psychotherapy created by the gradual demise of the medical model. If we are not to define p…
"An Aspen publication." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing Harvey A. Taschman -- Developments in family therapy / Harvey A. Taschman -- Introducing Virginia Satir -- You as a change agent / Virginia Satir -- introducing James Stachowiak -- Functional and dysfunctional families / James Stachowiak -- Intervention for congruence / Virginia Satir -- Family structure and intervention techniques / James Stachowiak -- Problems and pitfalls in work…
"An Aspen publication." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references
Diagnosis and assessment in family therapy / Howard A. Liddle -- A co-evolutionary framework for systemic family therapy / Lynn Hoffman -- Reflections on assessment in structural family therapy / H. Charles Fishman -- The family and public service systems / Evan Imber Coppersmith -- Family assessment in a problem oriented record / Karl Tomm and G.L. Sanders -- Diagnosing / Steve de Shazer -- Th…
"An Aspen publication." Includes bibliographical references.
Overview -- Initial phase procedures -- Teaching -- Therapy process procedures -- Case management procedures -- Self- and cotherapist management -- In-home therapy procedures -- Adjunctive procedures -- Implications for research.
Beginnings. Family group therapy : a new treatment for children -- The McAndrew family -- An array of techniques --Refinements and reflections. Advances in theory of family group therapy -- Promoting action through new insights -- The family group therapist : an agent of change -- Extensions. Implications of emphasis on family units for theories of child psycho-pathology -- Reducing tensions th…