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Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice, 4/E
Samuel T. Gladding, Wake Forest University

ISBN-10: 0131725637
ISBN-13:  9780131725638

Publisher:  Merrill
Copyright:  2007
Format:  Paper; 544 pp
Published:  06/13/2006


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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, now in its fourth edition, is a comprehensive and developmental textbook that covers all aspects of working with families. The author begins by helping students understand the differences between functional and dysfunctional families, then goes onto explain the basic processes involved in treating couples and families before it delves into a dozen theoretical ways of treating families. Readers will also 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.  The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to include over 250 new sources; a new chapter on how to work with couples and marriages in enriching and therapeutic ways; more on diversity issues including working with different forms of European American families, and expanded coverage of working with African-American, Native American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian-American families; an added section on dealing with infidelity in the addiction/abuse chapter; coverage of transition issues including working with military deployment or extended work assignments; and more information on managed care issues.


Features

  • NEW! Chapter on working with couples in enriching and therapeutic ways--Covers prevention, theoretical treatment and enrichment ways of working with couples.
    • It particularly looks at Susan Johnson's emotion-based couples therapy and the behavioral and cogntive-behavioral emphases. Ways of helping couples become healthier is also stressed.

 

  • NEW! Features a section on working with military families in addition to sections on working with single-parent, blended, and other types of families, e.g., gay-lesbian, Hispanic, etc.-Military families and families that are unsettled because of at risk or temporary assignments away from others, as in some business ventures, are highlighted.

 

  • NEW! Strengthened coverage to include a more complete discussion of issues related to diversity-- Includes a section in the multicultural family chapter on working with Arab American families and different forms of European American families, and  expanded coverage of working with African-American, Native American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian-American families.

 

  • NEW! Over 250 new references, most from primary sources have been added-This book is as up-to-date and comprehensive as any book in the field of family therapy. It points students to original sources for further study.

 

  • NEW! Added section on working with couples who experience infidelity-- Gives practical ways to work with couples struggling through this issue.

 

  • A very readable, well-illustrated book that is development in its approach to working therapeutically with families--Students and professors can see how families develop and what methods can be used to help them function in healthier ways.

 

  • Includes chapters devoted to ethical and legal issues in treating familes and to the historical growth of the profession right up to the present--Students and professors can examine the latest issues in working with families from legal and ethical domains and how the profession came to be what it is today.
    • Readers will gain perspective on how the field has developed as well as a greater awareness of pitfalls and possibilities concerning the tratment of families.

 

  • Features 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

 

  • Popular four-part format featured--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.

 

  • Includes multiple illustrations, diagrams, summaries, and a glossary--Assists readers in understanding and retaining the main points of the text.


New To This Edition

  • NEW! Chapter on working with couples in enriching and therapeutic ways--Covers prevention, theoretical treatment and enrichment ways of working with couples.
    • It particularly looks at Susan Johnson's emotion-based couples therapy and the behavioral and cogntive-behavioral emphases. Ways of helping couples become healthier is also stressed.

 

  • NEW! Features a section on working with military families in addition to sections on working with single-parent, blended, and other types of families, e.g., gay-lesbian, Hispanic, etc.-Military families and families that are unsettled because of at risk or temporary assignments away from others, as in some business ventures, are highlighted.

 

  • NEW! Strengthened coverage to include a more complete discussion of issues related to diversity-- Includes a section in the multicultural family chapter on working with Arab American families and different forms of European American families, and  expanded coverage of working with African-American, Native American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian-American families.

 

  • NEW! Over 250 new references, most from primary sources have been added-This book is as up-to-date and comprehensive as any book in the field of family therapy. It points students to original sources for further study.

 

  • NEW! Added section on working with couples who experience infidelity-- Gives practical ways to work with couples struggling through this issue.


Table of Contents

Part One    Understanding Families and Family Dynamics

 

Chapter 1: Individual and Family Life Cycles

Chapter 2: Healthy and Dysfunctional Families               

 

Part Two   Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Families

 

Chapter 3: Rationale and History of Family Therapy       

Chapter 4: The Process of Family Therapy        

Chapter 5: Couple and Marriage Enrichment and Therapy

Chapter 6: Psychodynamic and Bowen Family Therapies

Chapter 7: Experiential Family Therapies           

Chapter 8: Behavioral and Cognitive—Behavioral Family Therapies

Chapter 9: Structural Family Therapy     

Chapter 10: Strategic and Systemic Family Therapies     

Chapter 11: Solution-Focused and Narrative Family Therapies

 

Part Three        Special Populations in Family Therapy

 

Chapter 12: Working with Single-Parent Families

Chapter 13: Working with Remarried Families

Chapter 14: Working with Culturally Diverse Families     

Chapter 15: Working with Substance-Related Disorders, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Infidelity   

 

Part Four          Professional Issues and Research in Family Therapy

 

Chapter 16: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Families    

Chapter 17: Research and Assessment in Family Therapy           

           

References      

Appendix A AAMFT Code of Ethics     

Appendix B Ethical Code for the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors     

Glossary          

Author Index    

Subject Index


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  • 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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