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• NEW - An entire chapter on the treatment of substance abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse in families.

  • Contains information on the dynamics underlying these different forms of dysfunctionality as well as ways that work in helping families faced with these problems.

• NEW - Expanded coverage of professional issues in family therapy and the process of family therapy.

  • Provides the latest information about associations dedicated to promoting family therapy and means by which therapists can best assist families in entering and being successful in treatment.

• NEW - A student workbook by Monserrat Casado, Mark Young, and Scott Rasmus, all of the University of Central Florida.

  • Offers structured exercises and questions to stimulate reflection on text material.

• Popular four-part format.

  • Organizes content in a logical, developmental format: 1) Understanding Families, 2) Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Families, 3) Special Populations in Family Therapy, and 4) Professional Issues and Research in Family Therapy.

• Practitioner oriented.

  • Focuses on "how" to work with different types of families.

• Illustrations, diagrams, summaries, and a glossary.

  • Assists readers in understanding and retaining the main points of the text.

New To This Edition

• An entire chapter on the treatment of substance abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse in families.

  • Contains information on the dynamics underlying these different forms of dysfunctionality as well as ways that work in helping families faced with these problems.

• Expanded coverage of professional issues in family therapy and the process of family therapy.

  • Provides the latest information about associations dedicated to promoting family therapy and means by which therapists can best assist families in entering and being successful in treatment.

• A student workbook by Monserrat Casado, Mark Young, and Scott Rasmus, all of the University of Central Florida.

  • Offers structured exercises and questions to stimulate reflection on text material.

Table of Contents

I. UNDERSTANDING FAMILIES.

II. THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO WORKING WITH FAMILIES.

III. SPECIAL POPULATIONS IN FAMILY THERAPY.

IV. PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND RESEARCH IN FAMILY THERAPY.

Next Edition(s)

• Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice, 5/E
  Gladding
  ©2011  |  Merrill  |  Cloth; 544 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 013700219X  |  ISBN-13: 9780137002191
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  For courses in Marriage and Family Counseling, Marital Therapy, and Family Therapy.

   

  The most thorough and well-written text in the field, Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice, covers all aspects of working with families. Beginning with an explanation of how individual and family life cycles differ and how healthy and dysfunctional families operate regardless of structure or ethnicity, the author clearly covers the basic processes involved in treating couples and families before delving into a dozen theoretical ways of treating families. Readers will learn about the history of family therapy, multicultural aspects of family therapy, ways of working with various types of families, ethical and legal issues involved in family therapy, and ways of assessing families. 

   

  Thoroughly updated and revised, the fifth edition is logically organized into three sections—Understanding Families and Family Dynamics, Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Families, and Professional and Clinical Issues in Family Therapy. Each chapter has an abundance of examples and case studies, and discussion questions included at the end of each chapter help to engage class participation.

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Author Bios

Samuel T. Gladding is professor of counselor education, director of the counselor education program, and the associate provost at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been a practicing counselor in both public and private agencies since 1971. His leadership in the field of counseling includes service as

• president of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES),
• president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW),
• president of Chi Sigma Iota (international academic and professional counseling honor society),
• vice president of the Counseling Association for Humanistic Education and Development (C-AHEAD), and
• president of the Alabama Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

Dr. Gladding is the former editor of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work and the ASGW newsletter. He is also the author of more than 100 professional publications. In 1999, he was cited as being in the top 1% of contributors to the Journal of Counseling and Development for the 15-year period from 1978 to 1993. Some of Gladding's most recent books include The Counseling Dictionary (2001); Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession, Fourth Edition (2000); Group Work: A Counseling Specialty, Third Edition (1999); The Creative Arts in Counseling, Second Edition (1998); and this edition of Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice (2002).

Dr. Gladding's previous academic appointments have been at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Fairfield University (Connecticut), and Rockingham Community College (Wentworth, North Carolina). He was also director of Children's Services at the Rockingham County (North Carolina) Mental Health Center. Cladding received his degrees from Wake Forest (B.A., M.A. Ed.), Yale (M.A.R.), and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (Ph.D.). He is a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and a Licensed Professional Counselor (North Carolina). He is a former member of the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling and a current member of the Research and Assessment Corporation for Counseling (RACC).

Dr. Gladding is the recipient of numerous honors, including

• the Chi Sigma Iota Thomas J. Sweeney professional Leadership Award,
• the Counseling Association for Humanistic Education and Development Joseph W and Lucille U. Hopis Outstanding Publication Award,
• the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Professional Leadership Award, and
• the Association for Specialists in Group Work Eminent Career Award.

He is also a Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work.

Dr. Gladding is married to the former Claire Tillson and the father of three children—Ben, Nate, and Tim. Outside of counseling, he enjoys tennis, swimming, and humor.

Allyn & Bacon Helping Professions SuperSite for Counseling
Allyn & Bacon
©2003  |  Merrill  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0205394302  |  ISBN-13: 9780205394302
This online resource is available at no cost at http://www.ablongman.com/helpingprofessions.
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Career Counseling: Work in Progress DVD
Greenwood, Amundson & Niles
©2006  |  Merrill  |  DVD  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0131920014  |  ISBN-13: 9780131920019
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