ABSTRACT

This book offers a clear, readable overview of all the knowledge and skills those training as marriage and family therapists and counselors need to pass final degree program, certification or licensing examinations.

It is organized into three sections: Basic Clinical Knowledge and Skills, Common Client Problems, and Career Issues. Each chapter includes challenging study questions that enable readers to assess their own level of understanding--15 true/false questions at the outset checking on baseline knowledge, 30 multiple-choice questions interspersed through the text underlining crucial points, and 10 provocative discussion questions at the end facilitating synthesis. Each chapter also provides a glossary of key terms and, in addition to references, annotated suggestions for further reading and Web site exploration.

Students and trainees will find Family Therapy Review: Preparing for Comprehensive and Licensing Examinations a resource to which they will go on referring long after it has helped them through their examinations; faculty and established professionals will find it a useful one-stop summary of current thinking about best practice.

part |113 pages

Basic clinical knowledge and skills

chapter Chapter 3|25 pages

Human Diversity

chapter Chapter 5|27 pages

Psychopharmacology

part |89 pages

Common client problems

chapter Chapter 11|22 pages

Conflict and Disenchantment

chapter Chapter 13|23 pages

Sexual Problems

chapter Chapter 14|21 pages

Intimate Partner Violence

part IV|89 pages

Child and adolescent issues

part V|115 pages

Diminished health and well-being

chapter Chapter 21|23 pages

Nonpharmacological Addictions

chapter Chapter 22|25 pages

Depression and Anxiety

chapter Chapter 23|19 pages

HIV/AIDS

part |59 pages

Career issues

chapter Chapter 24|17 pages

Ethical and Legal Issues in Family Therapy

chapter Chapter 25|20 pages

Preparing for Licensing Examinations

chapter Chapter 26|19 pages

Continuing Professional Development

part |12 pages

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