ABSTRACT
This new Handbook of Family Therapy is the culmination of a decade of achievements within the field of family and couples therapy, emerging from and celebrating the dynamic evolution of marriage and family theory, practice, and research. The editors have unified the efforts of the profession's major players in bringing the most up-to-date and innovative information to the forefront of both educational and practice settings. They review the major theoretical approaches and break new ground by identifying and describing the current era of evidence-based models and contemporary areas of application. The Handbook of Family Therapy is a comprehensive, progressive, and skillful presentation of the science and practice of family and couples therapy, and a valuable resource for practitioners and students alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I: Understanding Families and couples
chapter |20 pages
Eras of Epistemology
chapter |18 pages
The Ecosystemic “Lens” to Understanding Family functioning
chapter |23 pages
Culture in Family Therapy
part |2 pages
Part II: Major Theoretical Models of couple and family therapy
chapter |22 pages
Family-of-Origin Treatment
chapter |28 pages
Interactional and Solution-Focused Brief therapies
chapter |26 pages
Postmodern Social Construction Therapies
chapter |34 pages
Cognitive-Behavioral Couple and Family Therapy
chapter |29 pages
Structural-Strategic Approaches to Couple and family therapy
chapter |30 pages
Integrative Approaches to Couple and Family therapy
part |2 pages
Part III: Evidence-Based Couple and family intervention programs
chapter |20 pages
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
chapter |25 pages
Behavioral Couple Therapy
chapter |23 pages
Multisystemic Therapy
chapter |30 pages
Functional Family Therapy
part |2 pages
Part IV: Special Applications and Special populations in couple and family therapy
chapter |15 pages
Evaluation and Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction
chapter |19 pages
Medical Family Therapy
chapter |19 pages
The Treatment of Adolescent Conduct Disorders and drug abuse
chapter |16 pages
Treatment Through Writing
chapter |23 pages
Psychoeducation and Enrichment
chapter |18 pages
The Metamorphosis of Training and Supervision
part |2 pages
Part V: The Future of Couple and Family therapy