Family Therapy: A Systemic Integration (Mysearchlab)

Family Therapy: A Systemic Integration (Mysearchlab)

<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I>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. </I> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Family Therapy</I> 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. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">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.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Upon completing this book readers will be able to:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Describe and compare various family therapy models</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Discuss practical applications for different family and developmental theories</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Review and assess unique family systems to determine the appropriate family therapy model</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Understand how concepts with the same name differ in meaning at different levels (i.e. 1<SUP>st</SUP> order versus 2<SUP>nd</SUP> order cybernetics)</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>