Main description:

In Family Therapies, Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey the major approaches to family therapy and treat significant psychotherapeutic issues within a Christian framework. A landmark work, this volume was written for those studying counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy.
Fully updated and revised, this second edition includes new chapters on cohabitation, LGBT+ marriage, and family formation.
Other issues covered include

crisis and trauma
marital conflict
separation, divorce, and blended families
substance abuse and addictions
gender, culture, economic class, and race
sexual identity

Yarhouse and Sells conclude by casting a vision for an integrative Christian family therapy and offer timely wisdom for therapeutic practice in the midst of a diverse and rapidly changing global context.
Family Therapies is an indispensable resource for those in the mental health professions, including counselors, psychologists, family therapists, social workers, and pastors.
Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Contents:

Preface

Part I: Foundational Considerations

1. A Christian Understanding for Family Therapy

2. Historical Foundations of Family Therapy

Part II: Models of Family Therapy

3. Bowenian Family Therapy

4. Strategic Family Therapy

5. Structural Family Therapy

6. Psychodynamic Family Therapy

7. Contextual Family Therapy

8. Experiential Family Therapy

9.. Solution-Focused Family Therapy

10. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy

11. Narrative Family Therapy

12. Toward an Integrative Christian Family Therapy

Part III: Integration of Family Theory with Critical Issues in Psychotherapy

13. Crisis and Trauma

14. Attending to Marital Conflict

15. Separation, Divorce, and Remarriage

16. Individual Psychopathology

17. Substance Abuse

18. Gender, Culture, Economic Class, and Race

19. Cohabiting Couples and Families: Christian Counseling's New Reality

20. LGBT+ Couples and Families

Part IV: Casting a Vision

21. Conclusion: Casting a Vision for Christian Family Therapy

Author Index

Subject Index