Basic family therapy / Philip Barker.
By: Barker, Philip
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BookPublisher: London : Granada, 1981Description: x, 214 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + cased.ISBN: 0246112492 ; 0246114827 .Subject(s): Family psychotherapyDDC classification: 616.89 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 616.89 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00037085 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.89 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00037089 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Despite the advances that have occurred since the first edition of this book appeared in 1981, the aims of Basic Family Therapy remain the same. These are to provide a clear, easily read and readily understandable introduction to family therapy, and to guide the reader to sources of further information by providing a comprehensive list of references. No prior knowledge of family therapy has been assumed and it is hoped that the book will be useful not only to those who are new to family therapy but also to those in the early phases of their training. The fifth edition of this established text provides an unbiased, readable and up-to-date introduction to the field of family therapy. It recognises the various forms of dysfunction which may occur within individual families, often coloured by the culture of the society to which the family belongs. Against this complex backdrop and the various schools of thought in family therapy, the book synthesises the basic principles that apply to family therapy generally. Book jacket.
Bibliography: p. 197-208. - Includes index.
Introduction -- The development of family therapy and its place in the mental health field -- Family functions and development -- Theoretical approaches to family therapy -- Assessing families -- Common family problems -- Indications and contra-indications for family therapy -- Therapy with families: some principles -- A method of therapy -- Other treatment approaches -- Marital and sex therapies -- Family therapy and schizophrenia -- Terminating treatment -- Teaching and learning family therapy -- Research in family therapy.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 The Development of Family Therapy
- 2 Healthy Families and their Development
- 3 Schools of Family Therapy
- 4 Basic Theoretical Concepts
- 5 Models for the Assessment of Families
- 6 Practical Aspects of the Assessment of Families
- 7 Indication and Contra-Indication for Family Therapy
- 8 Outcome Framing
- 9 Practical Points in the Treatment of Families
- 10 Common Family Problems
- 11 Strategic and Systemic Therapy
- 12 Other Therapeutic Devices
- 13 Marital Therapy
- 14 Terminating Treatment
- 15 Teaching and Learning Family Therapy
- 16 Research in Family Therapy
- 17 Ethics in Family Therapy