Basic family therapy /
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| Author / Creator: | Barker, Philip, 1929- |
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
| Imprint: | Oxford, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub, 2007. |
| Description: | x, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6323702 |
Table of Contents:
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1. The Development of Family Therapy
- The early years of family therapy
- The 1960s
- The 1970s
- The 1980s
- The 1990s and the early years of the new millennium
- Summary
- 2. Healthy Families and their Development
- 'Normal' family functioning
- Ethnic variations
- The functions of families
- Family development
- The clinical importance of family developmental stages
- Optimal family functioning
- Summary
- 3. Some Basic Theoretical Concepts
- Theories derived from individual and group psychotherapy
- Other theories that have been used in therapy with families
- Some other concepts and terms
- Summary
- 4. Choosing an Assessment and Treatment Model
- The role of the therapist
- Changing therapeutic attitudes
- What approach should the novice family therapist take?
- Summary
- 5. Models for the Assessment of Families
- Task accomplishment and problem solving
- Roles
- Communication
- Affective involvement
- Control
- Values and norms
- The structural approach to assessing families
- The triaxial scheme of Tseng and McDermott (1979)
- The Circumplex Model
- The Beavers Model
- The Darlington Family Assessment Systems (DFAS)
- Summary
- 6. The Family Diagnostic Interview
- The initial contact
- Joining the family and establishing rapport
- Defining the desired outcome
- Reviewing the family's history, determining its developmental stage and constructing a genogram
- Assessing the current functioning of the family
- Developing a diagnostic formulation
- Offering the family feedback and recommendations
- Discussing and arranging the next step
- Feedback to referring professionals
- Summary
- 7. Establishing Treatment Goals
- Defining the desired state
- Intermediate and final goals
- Motivating families to consider and set objectives
- Summary
- 8. When Should We Use Family Therapy?
- Basic criteria for employing family therapy
- Differing views on the place of family therapy
- Some views on indications
- The 'decision tree'
- Contra-indications for family therapy
- Summary
- 9. Practical Points in the Treatment of Families
- Involving reluctant family members
- Maintaining a therapeutic alliance
- Involving children in family sessions
- The therapist's use of self
- Transference issues
- Contracts
- The spacing of sessions
- Confidentiality
- Observers
- Co-therapy
- Summary
- 10. Common Family Problems and their Treatment
- Task accomplishment problems
- Communication problems
- Poorly defined and dysfunctional role patterns
- Behaviour control problems
- Poorly functioning subsystems and boundary problems
- Suprasystem problems
- Delivering direct injunctions
- Summary
- 11. Complex Problems and Second-order Change
- The systemic viewpoint
- Strategic methods of therapy
- Reframing and positive connotation
- The use of metaphor
- The use of paradox
- Rituals and tasks
- Declaring therapeutic impotence
- Prescribing interminable therapy
- The use of humour
- The 'Greek chorus'
- The debate
- Externalizing problems
- A storied approach
- Non-traditional approaches to the treatment of complex family problems
- What approach should the novice family therapist take?
- Summary
- 12. Other Therapeutic Approaches
- Family sculpting
- Role playing
- Videotape replay
- Network therapy
- Multiple family therapy
- Vector therapy
- Multiple impact therapy
- Interventive interviewing
- Social construction theory
- Behavioural approaches
- Family therapy and schizophrenia
- Summary
- 13. A Method of Therapy
- The relationship between assessment and treatment
- Treatment by stages
- Direct treatment approaches
- Assigning tasks
- Reframing and strategic therapy
- The therapeutic use of reframing
- Other therapeutic strategies
- Working with a team
- Summary
- 14. Marital and Sex Therapies
- The development of marital/couple therapy
- Current approaches to marital/couple therapy
- Behavioural couple therapy
- Skill deficits and performance deficits
- Further developments in couple therapy
- Other approaches to couple therapy
- Divorce therapy and mediation
- Sex therapy
- Summary
- 15. Terminating Treatment and Dealing with Treatment Interruptions Treatment contracts
- Open contracts
- Indications for ending treatment
- How to terminate treatment
- Termination tasks and rituals
- Emotional and psychological aspects of termination
- Follow-up
- Dealing with treatment interruptions
- Summary
- 16. Teaching and Learning Family Therapy
- Who learns family therapy?
- The different possible learning experiences
- Methods of learning family therapy
- Audiovisual aids
- Objectives
- Learning family therapy skills
- The content of training
- Supervision
- Learning to supervise
- Consultation
- Summary
- 17. Research in Family Therapy
- The need for family therapy research
- The need for clear thinking
- Approaches to family therapy research
- Assessing and classifying families
- Research on the process of family therapy
- Outcome research
- Enrichment programmes
- Evidence-based marriage and family therapy
- Integrating research and clinical training
- Summary
- 18. Ethics and Family Therapy
- Informed consent
- Therapists' values
- Confidentiality
- Ethical decision making
- Keeping informed and up to date
- Ethical issues in family therapy research
- Summary
- References
- Appendix A.
- Index of Authors
- Subject Index