Rituals in Families and Family Therapy

by Imber-Black, Evan; Roberts, Janine; Whiting, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780393704150
• ISBN10: 0393704157
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Family rituals are the events, big and small, that give family life texture and meaning. Daily rituals, holiday traditions, and rites of passage mark our time, create unforgettable memories, and define us as individuals, family members, and community participants. Rituals in Families and Family Therapy, Revised Edition, builds on the rich case material of the first edition and develops the editors' powerful therapeutic approach that identifies normative family rituals as the basis for effective therapeutic rituals. With new chapters on such topics as rituals AND bicultural couples, illness and ritual, and rituals in the wake of September 11, 2001, the Revised Edition both revisits and rejuvenates the landmark work of Imber-Black, Roberts, and Whiting.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Peggy Papp
Contributors	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Preface to the Revised Edition	xix
I. DEFINING AND DESIGNING RITUALS
Setting the Frame: Definition, Functions, and Typology of Rituals	3	(46)
Janine Roberts
Ritual Themes in Families and Family Therapy	49	(39)
Evan Imber-Black
Guidelines to Designing Therapeutic Rituals	88	(35)
Richard A. Whiting
II. RITUALS FOR COUPLES, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS
Normative and Therapeutic Rituals in Couples Therapy	123	(23)
Evan Imber-Black
Rituals for Bicultural Couples and Families	146	(13)
Lascelles W. Black
Imitative and Contagious Magic in the Therapeutic Use Of Rituals with Children	159	(23)
John J. O'Connor
Aaron Noah Hoorwitz
Mazel Tov: The Bar Mitzvah as a Multigenerational Ritual of Change and Continuity	182	(35)
Judith Davis
III. FACILITATING COMPLEX FAMILY PROCESSES THROUGH RITUAL
Therapeutic Rituals with Families with Adopted Members	217	(20)
Richard A. Whiting
Rituals and Serious Illness: Marking the Path	237	(16)
Janine Roberts
Assessing Family Rituals in Alcoholic Families	253	(27)
Steven J. Wolin
Linda A. Bennett
Jane S. Jacobs
Systemic Rituals in Sexual Therapy	280	(20)
Gary L. Sanders
Creation of Family Identity Through Ritual Performances In Early Remarriage	300	(33)
Mary F. Whiteside
IV. RITUALS, FAMILIES, AND THE WIDER SOCIAL CONTEXT
September 11th: Rituals of Healing and Transformation	333	(12)
Evan Imber-Black
Women and Ritual in Family Therapy	345	(33)
Joan Laird
Political Traumas, Oppression, and Rituals	378	(25)
Cecilia Kohen
V. RITUALS AND FAMILY THERAPY TRAINING
Rituals and Trainees	403	(16)
Janine Roberts
Afterword	419	(2)
Index	421