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• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Family Therapy A Shift in Perspective
• Family Therapy: Modality Vs Perspective
• Assumptions About Behavior
• Most Behavior Is Nonpathological
• Most Behavior Is Environmentally Driven
• Families and Relationships Are Powerful Change Agents
• A Conceptual Shift
• Therapy with the Relationship
• Intangible relationships
• Behavioral Repertoire
• Family Therapy
• What Is Family Therapy?
• Contraindications
• Summary
• 2 Intrapersonal Vs Interpersonal Models
• Intrapersonal Vs Interpersonal Models
• Intrapersonal Model
• Individual deficit assumption
• Hydraulic notion of behavior
• Interpersonal Model
• General Systems Theory
• Cybernetics
• Information Theory
• Incongruence: Intrapersonal Vs Interpersonal Models
• Etiology and Spontaneous Change
• Longitudinal vs Cross-sectional Perspective
• Client Resistance
• Psychometric Testing
• The Value of History
• Catharsis; Abreaction
• Defense Mechanisms
• Reframe vs Interpretation
• Psychopathology, Diagnosis, and the Latest DSM
• Role of Medication
• Length of Treatment
• What Family Therapy Is Not
• 3 Theory And Technique
• Role And Relevance Of Theory
• Presenting Problem: Function
• Presenting Problem: Consequences
• Theory Provides Perspective
• Impetus
• Behavior Definition
• From Behavior to Presenting Problem
• Change
• Technique
• Identify Interaction Patterns and Assess Family Structure
• Determining Structure
• Changing Interaction Patterns
• The Role Of Parents
• Hierarchy
• Parental Configuration
• Single Parent
• Role Of The Therapist
• Art or Science
• Wizardry Requires Preparation
• Summary
• 4 Family Therapy Orientations
• Ahistorical Process
• Unifying Features
• Communication Model (MRI, Strategic, Milan)
• Mri
• General assumptions
• Assessment and treatment
• Techniques
• Role of the therapist
• Strategic
• Milan (Systemic)
• New Communication Models
• Structural Family Therapy
• Behavioral
• General assumptions
• Assessment and treatment
• Techniques
• Role of the therapist
• Psychoeducational
• General assumptions
• Assessment and treatment
• Techniques
• Role of the therapist
• Historical
• Unifying Features
• Object Relations
• General assumptions
• Assessment and treatment
• Techniques
• Role of the therapist
• Multigenerational Family Therapy
• General assumptions
• Assessment and treatment
• Techniques
• Role of the therapist
• Experiential
• Unifying Features
• Whitaker
• General assumptions
• Assessment and treatment
• Techniques
• Role of the therapist
• Satir
• General assumptions
• Assessment and treatment
• Techniques
• Role of the therapist
• Summary
• 5 The Therapist
• Therapist Role
• Cultural Healer
• Artisan
• Mental Health Expert
• Basic Therapy Skills
• Normal Social Interaction (with a Twist)
• Social Negotiation
• Therapist As Engineer
• What To Avoid
• Arguing with the Client
• Robotitis (robo-titis)
• Summary
• 6 Questions
• The Function Of Questions
• Reflect Therapist Perspective
• Request Action in an Interactional Manner
• Alter Client Perspective
• Types Of Questions
• Information Seeking
• Rhetorical
• Hyperbole
• Behavior Change
• Direct request for change
• Indirect request for change
• How To Ask Questions
• Basic Components
• Question Format: Reference Domains
• Question Format: Open
• Question Format: Closed
• Question Format: Who Gets the Question
• Sage Questions
• Meaningless Questions
• Redundant Questions
• Empty Questions
• Cliché (brain-dead) questions:
• Summary
• 7 Therapy Implementation
• Doing General Family Therapy
• Therapist Responsibilities And Therapy Objectives
• Presenting Problem Parameters
• Timing
• Function
• Person
• Belief Structure
• Dimensions Of Family Therapy
• Dimension I: Assessment
• Behavioral interaction patterns
• Family belief structure
• Dimension II: Instilling Doubt
• Dimension III: Pattern Change
• Tasks
• In-Session vs Out-of-Session
• In-session
• Out-of-session
• Task Assignment: Written vs Oral
• Compliance vs Noncompliance
• First Contact
• Who Is Present In Session
• First Session
• Subsequent Sessions
• Advanced Strategies
• Developmental Stage Of The Family
• Termination
• Failures
• Departing Comments
• 8 Miscellaneous Topics Supervision, Ethics, and Organizations
• Supervision
• Ethical Considerations
• Professional Organizations
• 9 Recommended Readings Supervision, Ethics, and Organizations
• Books
• Basic Introduction
• Theory—Basic
• Theory—Advanced
• Authors/Techniques
• Ahistorical Process
• Mri
• Strategic
• Milan
• Structural
• Behavioral
• Functional
• Psychoeducational
• Intergenerational
• Bowen
• Framo
• Boszormenyi-Nagy
• Object Relations
• Experiential
• Whitaker
• Satir
• General—Comparative
• Advanced: Issues And Controversies
• Metaphor and the Use of Story
• Family Processes & Psychopathology
• Behavior as Disease
• Families and Schizophrenia
• Marital Dyad
• Marital Dyad—Affect Expression
• Marital Dyad—Distress
• Interparental Conflict and Behavior Problems in Children
• Substance Abuse
• Abusive Families
• Children’s Adjustment to Divorce
• Observational Methodology
• Analysis of Marital and Family Interaction
• Marriage And Family Therapy Research
• Issues
• Outcome
• A Sampling Of Relevant Journals
• Marriage and Family Therapy Journals
• Refereed
• Nonrefereed (nonacademic format)
• Other Relevant Clinical and Child Development Journals
• Newsletters
• What To Avoid
• Lay Books
• References
• Index