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Summary
Summary
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.
Author Notes
Thomas L. Sexton , Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University.
Michael S. Robbins, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the University of Miami School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Gerald Weeks, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
Table of Contents
| Foreword: Ushering in a New EraGurman |
| Preface: A New Era of Couple and Family TherapySexton and Weeks and Robbins |
| Part I Understanding Families and Couples: The Foundations of PracticeBecvar |
| Eras of Epistemology: A Survey of Family TherapyRobbins and Mayorga and Szapocznik |
| The Ecosystemic "lens" to Understanding Family FunctioningFalicov |
| Ethnicity and Culture in Family Therapy: New Variations on a Fundamental Theme |
| Part II Major Theoretical Models of Couple and Family TherapyJ. Scharff and D. Scharff |
| Object-relations and Psychodynamic Approaches to Couple and Family TherapyNichols |
| Family of Origin TreatmentDuncan and Miller and Sparks |
| Interactional and Solution Focused Brief Therapies: Evolving Concepts of ChangeAnderson |
| Postmodern Social Construction TherapiesDattilio and Epstein |
| Cognitive-behavioral Couple and Family TherapyMitrani |
| Structural-strategic Approaches to Couple and Family TherapyLebow |
| Integrative Approaches to Couple and Family Therapy |
| Part III Evidence Based Couple and Family Intervention ProgramsSexton and Robbins,Hollimon and Mease and Mayorga |
| Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Change Mechanisms in Couple and Family TherapyJohnson |
| Emotionally-focused Couples Therapy: Empiricism and ArtAtkins |
| Dimidjian, Christensen, Behavioral Couple Therapy: Past, Present and FutureSheidow and Henggler and Schoenwald |
| Multisystemic TherapySexton and Alexander |
| Functional Family Therapy: A Mature Clinical Model for Working with At-risk Adolescents and Their Families |
| Part IV Special Applications/Special PopulationsPlaut and Donahey |
| Evaluation and Treatment of Sexual DysfunctionRuddy and McDaniel |
| Medical Family TherapyOzechowski and Waldron and Turner |
| The Treatment of Adolescent Conduct Disorders and Drug AbuseL'Abate |
| Treatment through Writing: A Unique New DirectionDeMaria |
| Psychoeducation and Enrichment: Clinical Considerations for Couple and Family TherapyStorm and McDowell and Long |
| The Metamorphosis of Training and Supervision |
| Part V The Future of Couple and Family TherapySexton and Weeks and Robbins |
| The Future of Couple and Family Therapy |
