ABSTRACT
Models of Family Therapy provides an overview of established family therapy models. All classification schemes of family therapy models must reduce ideological complexity, ignore overlap, and generalize for the purposes of category inclusion and exclusion. Nonetheless, orientation differences do exist and the authors make these differences clear by placing ideas and methods into categories. To facilitate learning how the dimensions of each model fit with other models, this book enhances comparability by using the same general outline in all chapters. In these outlines, the critical components of each model are broken down into a few core assumptions, terms, techniques, and methods. These critical components are summarized consistent with their description in the original publications. Some of these models include structural, strategic, behavioral, psychoeducational, and experiential therapy.
Because of the style of presentation, this book can be useful as a primary text or supplement in a marriage and family therapy course. In addition, graduate students and professionals can benefit from this guidebook in order to prepare for any state or national examination on marriage and family therapy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|68 pages
Ahistorical Models
chapter Chapter 1|6 pages
Family Therapy Models: Structure and Rationale
chapter Chapter 2|10 pages
Structural Family Therapy
chapter Chapter 3|12 pages
Strategic Family Therapy
chapter Chapter 4|10 pages
Behavioral Family Therapy
chapter Chapter 5|8 pages
Psychoeducational Family Therapy
chapter Chapter 6|20 pages
Communication Models: Mental Research Institute
part II|22 pages
Historical Models
chapter Chapter 7|10 pages
Object Relations Theory
chapter Chapter 8|10 pages
Bowen Systems Therapy
part III|46 pages
Experiential Model