Family Therapy : Concepts and Methods

by Nichols, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9780205543205
• ISBN10: 0205543200
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Michael P. Nichols is a Professor at the College of William and Mary.

Family Therapy: Concepts & Methods is the definitive classic text in the field of Family Therapy. It was the first textbook written for family therapy, and it continues to be the most authoritative and comprehensive.

By covering all major schools and developments in family therapy, students receive a thorough grounding in the profession. Numerous case studies throughout the text help students understand the link between history, theory, and practice.

"Nichols work, now in the 9th edition, is a seminal work in family therapy. This new edition has some extra-features, which make it even more desirable than the 8th. It is more sympathetic to the postmodern therapies (solutions-focused, narrative), which I either practice or have been heavily influenced by ". By Sean M. McLaughlin "Sean Michael McLaughlin - Pastoral Counselor and Solutions-Focused Brief Therapist"

Table of Contents

Major Events in the History of Family Therapy
The Context of Family Therapy
Introduction: The Foundations of Family Therapy	p. 1
The Evolution of Family Therapy	p. 11
Lessons From the Early Models: Group Process and Communications Analysis	p. 49
Basic Techniques of Family Therapy	p. 65
The Fundamental Concepts of Family Therapy	p. 97
The Classic Schools of Family Therapy
Bowen Family Systems Therapy	p. 125
Strategic Family Therapy	p. 155
Structural Family Therapy	p. 183
Experiential Family Therapy	p. 211
Psychoanalytic Family Therapy	p. 237
Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy	p. 265
Recent Developements in Family Therapy
Family Therapy in the Twenty-First Century	p. 299
Solution-Focused Therapy	p. 345
Narrative Therapy	p. 375
Integrative Models	p. 399
The Evaluation of Family Therapy
Comparative Analysis	p. 421
Research on Family Intervention: Family Treatment and Prevention Programs	p. 445
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