Theory and Practice of Family Therapy and Counseling

by Bitter, James Robert

• ISBN13: 9780534421786
• ISBN10: 0534421784
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

A model for successful integration of multiple points of view, James R. Bitter's THEORY AND PRACTICE OF FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY supports the development of personal, professional, and ethical family practice. The text's concrete, empirically based approaches, as well as diagnostics and visual tools, allow you to observe others in groups. Case studies, sample dialogues, and exercises help you to apply the concepts you've learned.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Basic Issues In The Practice Of Family Therapy And Counseling

Introduction and Overview

The Family Practitioner as Person and Professional

Virtue, Ethics, and Legality in Family Practice

Theories And Techniques Of Family Therapy And Counseling--Introducing The Quest Family

Multigenerational Family Therapy

Adlerian Family Therapy

Human Validation Process Model

Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy

Structural Family Therapy

Strategic Family Therapy

Solution-focused/Solution-oriented Therapy

Postmodernism, Social Construction, and Narratives in Family Therapy

Feminist Family Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy

Parenting for the 21st Century

Integration And Application

Integration I: From Self-Discovery to Family Practice: Forming a Relationship and Family Assessment

Integration II: Shared Meaning, Tailoring Interventions, and Facilitating Change--plus Integrative Family Therapy with the Quest Family

Appendix

Summary and Review of Family Models

Glossary

Index for Ethical Codes of the Helping Professions

Author Index

Subject Index

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