Family Therapies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal

by Yarhouse, Mark A.

• ISBN13: 9780830828050
• ISBN10: 0830828052
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

Christian therapists doing family therapy have never had a resource to help them navigate the various family therapy theories from a Christian perspective--until now.In this book Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey the major approaches to family therapy and treat, within a Christian framework, significant psychotherapeutic issues. The wide array of issues covered includescrisis and traumamarital conflictseparation, divorce and blended familiesindividual psychopathologysubstance abuse and addictionsgender, culture, economic class and racesexual identityCalling for an integrated approach of "responsible eclecticism," they conclude with a vision for Christian family therapy.A landmark work providing critical Christian engagement with existing models of family therapy, this volume was written for those studying counseling, social work, psychology or family therapy.Family Therapieswill also serve as an indispensable resource for those in the mental health professions, including counselors, psychologists, family therapists, social workers and pastors.

Author Biography

Mark A. Yarhouse (Psy.D., Wheaton College) is professor of psychology and director of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia James N. Sells (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is professor and director of the Ph.D. program in counselor education and supervision at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
Foundational Considerations
A Christian Understanding for Family Therapy	p. 15
Historical Foundations of Family Therapy	p. 38
Models of Family Therapy
Bowenian Family Therapy	p. 69
Strategic Family Therapy	p. 95
Structural Family Therapy	p. 120
Psychodynamic Family Therapy	p. 146
Contextual Family Therapy	p. 170
Experiential Family Therapy	p. 192
Solution-Focused Family Therapy	p. 223
Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy	p. 245
Narrative Family Therapy	p. 264
Toward an Integrative Christian Family Therapy	p. 287
Integration of Family Theory with Critical Issues in Psychotherapy
Crisis and Trauma	p. 313
Attending to Marital Conflict	p. 340
Separation, Divorce and Remarriage	p. 371
Individual Psychopathology	p. 392
Substance Abuse	p. 413
Gender, Culture, Economic Class and Race	p. 443
Sexual Identity	p. 463
Casting a Vision
Casting a Vision for Christian Family Therapy	p. 493
Author Index	p. 503
Subject Index	p. 508
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