Family Therapy - Dorothy Stroh Becvar / Raphael J Becvar 8th PNIE 9781292041988

TITLE :Family Therapy : A Systemic Integration - Dorothy Stroh Becvar / Raphael J Becvar 

ISBN13 : 9781292041988 

PUBLISHER : PEARSON (2014)

EDITION : 8TH PNIE PAPERBACK

PAGES : 378 PAGES 

A comprehensive, user-friendly guide to marriage and family therapy that takes a holistic view to look at people within the context of their environment.

Family Therapy helps students understand the process of shifting from an individual psychology paradigm to a cybernetic or systems paradigm. The text is divided into three sections: "The Systemic Framework," "The Practice of Family Therapy," and "The Systemic Practitioner,” and it includes historical information, current developments, and ongoing debates.

Various family and developmental theories are examined. The family therapy models considered include psychodynamic, natural systems, experiential, structural, communications, strategic, behavioral/cognitive, and several post-modern approaches. Assessment, intervention, training and supervision, research, and epistemological challenges are discussed within the context of practice.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book readers will be able to:

• Describe and compare various family therapy models
• Discuss practical applications for different family and developmental theories
• Review and assess unique family systems to determine the appropriate family therapy model
• Understand how concepts with the same name differ in meaning at different levels (i.e. 1st order versus 2nd order cybernetics)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1THE SYSTEMIC FRAMEWORK  

Chapter 1: Two Different Worldviews  

Chapter 2: The Historical Perspective  

Chapter 3: The Paradigmatic Shift of Systems Theory  

Chapter 4: Postmodernism and Family Therapy 

Chapter 5: The Family: Process, Development, and Context  

PART 2THE PRACTICE OF FAMILY THERAPY

Chapter 6: Psychodynamic Approaches  

Chapter 7: Natural Systems Theory  

Chapter 8: Experiential Approaches  

Chapter 9: The Structural Approach  

Chapter 10: Communication Approaches  

Chapter 11: Strategic Approaches and the Milan Influence  

Chapter 12: Behavioral/Cognitive Approaches  

Chapter 13: Postmodern Approaches  

PART 3THE SYSTEMIC PRACTITIONER  

Chapter 14:  Family Assessment  

Chapter 15: Therapeutic Intervention/Perturbation  

Chapter 16: Training and Supervision  

Chapter 17: Research in Family Therapy  

Chapter 18: Epistemological Challenges: Thinking About Our Thinking