Main description:

"Family Therapy, International Edition" provides a balanced presentation of the major theoretical underpinnings and clinical practices in the field. By presenting an overview of traditional and evolving viewpoints, perspectives, values, intervention techniques, and goals of family therapy, Herbert and Irene Goldenberg provide current, relevant, practice-oriented content laying the foundation for students to become proficient family therapists. This edition reflects the Goldenbergs' commitment to providing students with not only traditional family therapy theoretical frameworks but also the field's evolving models of practice. It is the complete resource for assisting students in mastering the many facets of family therapy. For this edition, Michael White, founder of Narrative Therapy, has written a new foreword for the book.

Contents:

1. Adopting a Family Relationship Framework. 2. Family Development: Continuity and Change. 3. Gender, Culture, and Ethnicity in Family Functioning. 4. Interlocking Systems: The Individual, the Family, and the Community. 5. Origins and Growth of Family Therapy. 6. Professional Issues and Ethical Practices. 7. Psychodynamic Models. 8. Transgenerational Models. 9. Experiential Models. 10. The Structural Model. 11. Strategic and Systemic Models. 12. Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Models. 13. Social Construction Models I: Solution-Focused Therapy And Collaborative Therapy. 14. Social Construction Models II: Narrative Therapy. 15. Psychoeducational Models: Teaching Skills to Specific Populations. 16. Research on Family Assessment and Therapeutic Outcomes. 17. Comparative View of Family Theories and Therapies.