Designed throughout to meet the developmental needs of the beginning family therapist, this handbook provides readers with the basic skills and tools necessary to become empathic, confident, and successful practitioners in today's rapidly changing field of family therapy. From initial client intake to the nuts-and-bolts of the interview, assessment, diagnosis, goal setting, treatment planning, intervention techniques, troubleshooting, and termination, the book translates current research findings into cogent recommendations for practice. Numerous case examples and sample treatment plans, forms, and questionnaires complement the text.
FOUR OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPING ATREATMENT FOCUS Obstacle 1: Too Little Structure in the First Two to Three Sessions In their classic groundbreaking book The Family Crucible, Napier and Whitaker (1978) state the importance of therapists ...
Nichols, M. P., & Schwartz, R. C. (2007). Family therapy: Concepts and methods. New York: Allyn & Bacon. Nichols, W. C. (1988). Marital therapy: An integrative approach. New York: Guilford Press. Nichols, W. C., & Everett, C. A. (1986).
Illustrated with instructive case examples and vignettes, the book helps the reader navigate typical dilemmas and troubleshoot when treatment gets "stuck."
Structuring In their groundbreaking book The Family Crucible, Napier and Whitaker (1978) state the importance of therapists winning the “battle for structure.” In other words, therapists, not clients, need to establish and communicate ...
Nichols, M. P., & Schwartz, R. C. (2007). Family therapy: Concepts & methods (8th ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon. Nichols, W. C. (1996). Treating people infamilies: An integrativeframework. New York: Guilford Press. Nichols, W. C. ...
Many students and beginning clinicians have relied on this engaging, authoritative text--now revised and expanded--to hit the ground running in real-world clinical practice.
Mark Rivett, Joanne Buchmüller. Ugazio, V. 136 unique outcomes 158, 162 values and beliefs: individuals, working systemically with 179 Varela, F. 133, 137 vertical stressors 29, 33 Vygotsky, Lev 139 Walrond-Skinner, S. 19 Watzlawick, ...
Family therapy is increasingly recognised as one of the evidence based psychotherapies.
Now he explains in close detail those precise and difficult maneuvers that constitute his art. The book thus codifies the method of one of the country's most successful practitioners.
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