FamilyTherapy:History,Theory,andPractice

ForcoursesinMarriageandFamilyCounseling,MaritalTherapy,andFamilyTherapy.?Themostthoroughandwell-writtentextinthefield,FamilyTherapy:History,Theory,andPractice,coversallaspectsofworkingwithfamilies.Beginningwithanexplanationofhowindividualandfamilylifecyclesdifferandhowhealthyanddysfunctionalfamiliesoperateregardlessofstructureorethnicity,theauthorclearlycoversthebasicprocessesinvolvedintreatingcouplesandfamiliesbeforedelvingintoadozentheoreticalwaysoftreatingfamilies.Readerswilllearnaboutthehistoryoffamilytherapy,multiculturalaspectsoffamilytherapy,waysofworkingwithvarioustypesoffamilies,ethicalandlegalissuesinvolvedinfamilytherapy,andwaysofassessingfamilies.??Thoroughlyupdatedandrevised,thefiftheditionislogicallyorganizedintothreesections—UnderstandingFamiliesandFamilyDynamics,TherapeuticApproachestoWorkingwithFamilies,andProfessionalandClinicalIssuesinFamilyTherapy.Eachchapterhasanabundanceofexamplesandcasestudies,anddiscussionquestionsincludedattheendofeachchapterhelptoengageclassparticipation.