ABSTRACT

First published in 1981. This volume is unique as to date no previous book, and no collection of papers one could assemble from the literature, addresses or achieves for the field of family therapy what is accomplished in this handbook. It responds to a pressing need for a comprehensive source that will enable students, practitioners and researchers to compare and assess critically for themselves an array of major current clinical concepts in family therapy.

part |2 pages

Part I: Historical Perspective

part |2 pages

Part II: Psychoanalytic and Object-Relations Approaches

part |2 pages

Part III: Intergenerational Approaches

chapter 5|28 pages

Contextual Family Therapy

chapter 6|39 pages

Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy

chapter 7|39 pages

Family Systems- Theory and Therapy

part |2 pages

Part IV: Systems Theory Approaches

chapter 9|51 pages

Structural Family Therapy

chapter 10|42 pages

Strategic Approaches to Family Therapy

chapter 11|41 pages

Functional Family Therapy

chapter 13|32 pages

Integrative Family Therapy

part |2 pages

Part V: Behavioral Approaches

chapter 14|39 pages

Behavioral Parent Training

chapter 15|36 pages

Behavioral Marital Therapy

chapter 16|37 pages

The Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction

part |2 pages

Part VI: Special are as and Issues: Enrichment and Divorce

chapter 18|35 pages

Divorce and Divorce Therapy

part |2 pages

Part VII: Research on Family Therapy

chapter 19|43 pages

Family Therapy Process Research