Counseling Today's Families

by Goldenberg, Herbert; Goldenberg, Irene

• ISBN13: 9780534367114
• ISBN10: 0534367119
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

The new edition of COUNSELING TODAY'S FAMILIES is thoroughly revised and updated continuing to use systems-based approach to understanding, assessing, and counseling a variety of today's families. The authors examine current family structures and living arrangements, detail common problem areas from a family systems perspective, and offer intervention guidelines for working effectively with varying family types. Cultural considerations, gender issues, and social context are included for each family pattern to ensure that the coverage in the text does indeed offer a realistic view of families today.

Table of Contents

PART ONE UNDERSTANDING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS	1	(118)
Counseling Today's Changing Families	3	(20)
Today's Families: Some Demographic Notes	6	(5)
Marriage and Divorce: Some Current Statistics	10	(1)
Family Resiliency	11	(1)
Changing Families, Changing Relationships	12	(2)
A Family Counseling Sampler	14	(7)
Summary	21	(2)
The Family as a Social Unit: Systems Theory and Beyond	23	(24)
Behavior in Family Context: Understanding Family Systems	24	(1)
Linear and Circular Causality	25	(2)
Cybernetics, Feedback Loops, and Homeostasis	27	(3)
Open and Closed Systems	30	(2)
Subsystems and Boundaries	32	(6)
Stability and Change	38	(1)
Systems Theory and Family Counseling	39	(3)
Systems Theory and Beyond	42	(2)
The Self, the Family, and the Community	44	(1)
Summary	45	(2)
Appraising Couple and Family Functioning	47	(34)
The Appraisal Process	50	(2)
The Evaluation Phase	52	(13)
The Initial Telephone Contact	53	(2)
The Initial Session	55	(3)
Mapping Family History and Family Processes	58	(7)
The Assessment Phase	65	(1)
Couple and Family Measurement Techniques	65	(1)
Self-Report Measures	66	(7)
The Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems	67	(3)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)	70	(3)
Observational Measures	73	(6)
The Beavers Systems Model	76	(2)
The McMaster Model	78	(1)
Summary	79	(2)
Multiple Views of Family Counseling: A Case Study	81	(18)
A Variety of Intervention Models	82	(16)
The Experiential Model	84	(4)
The Transgenerational Model	88	(3)
The Structural Model	91	(2)
Strategic Models	93	(2)
The Milan Model	95	(1)
Social Constructionist Models	96	(2)
Summary	98	(1)
Intervening in Troubled Couple and Family Relationships	99	(20)
Evidence-Supported Guidelines: The Use of Treatment Manuals	99	(2)
Tailoring Techniques to Couples and Families	101	(4)
Tailoring by Diagnosis	102	(1)
Tailoring by Level of Relational Conflict	102	(1)
Tailoring by Level of Family Functioning	103	(2)
Marriage and Divorce Counseling	105	(9)
Divorce Mediation	114	(3)
Summary	117	(2)
PART TWO COUNSELING FAMILIES WITH VARIED LIFESTYLES	119	(152)
Counseling the Single-Parent-Led Family	121	(44)
Changing Times: Patterns of Marriage and Divorce	122	(2)
The Process of Divorce	124	(5)
Living Through Divorce	129	(2)
Varieties of Single-Parent Households	131	(1)
Teenage Mothers	132	(4)
Assessing Single-Parent-Led Families	136	(3)
Common Problems in Single-Parent-Led Families	139	(8)
The Custodial Parent	140	(2)
The Noncustodial Parent	142	(2)
The Children	144	(3)
Child Custody, Child Support, and Visitation	147	(2)
Child Custody Alternatives	149	(3)
Some Counseling Guidelines	152	(11)
Summary	163	(2)
Counseling the Remarried Family	165	(42)
Varieties of Remarried Family Structures	168	(7)
Stepfamily Living Arrangements	175	(5)
The Developmental Stages of Remarriage	180	(3)
Some Counseling Guidelines	183	(18)
Common Themes and Counselor Tasks	183	(4)
Stepfamily Stages and Counselor Interventions	187	(1)
Counseling on Multiple Tracks	188	(4)
Whom to See and When	192	(9)
Psychoeducational Programs	201	(1)
Summary	202	(5)
Counseling Cohabiting Heterosexual Adults	207	(30)
Changing Mores, Changing Lifestyles	210	(2)
The Mythology of Cohabitation	212	(1)
Types of Student Cohabitation	213	(5)
Adult Cohabitation: Trial Marriage or Substitute Marriage?	218	(5)
Assessing Cohabiting Couples	223	(2)
Counseling Unmarried Couples	225	(1)
Premarital and Remarital Counseling	226	(3)
Prepare: A Premarital Inventory	229	(5)
Summary	234	(3)
Counseling Gay Male and Lesbian Families	237	(34)
Some Basic Concepts and Terminology	240	(3)
Being Gay in a Nongay World: The Coming-Out Process	243	(3)
Gays and Lesbians: Similarities and Differences	246	(3)
Assessing Gay and Lesbian Couples	249	(2)
Achieving a Gay Identity	251	(2)
Sexuality and the AIDS Epidemic	253	(1)
Gay and Lesbian Parenting	254	(6)
Some Counseling Guidelines	260	(5)
HIV and AIDS Counseling	265	(4)
Summary	269	(2)
PART THREE COUNSELING FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES	271	(81)
Counseling the Dual-Career Family	273	(34)
Dual-Career Marriages: Balancing Work and Family Life	277	(1)
Conceptualizing the Dual-Career Lifestyle	278	(1)
Professional Women in Dual-Career Marriages	279	(3)
Changing Domestic Role Patterns	282	(2)
Sources of Stress in Dual-Career Lifestyles	284	(7)
Commuter Marriages	291	(4)
Adaptational Strategies and Family Systems	295	(2)
Some Counseling Guidelines	297	(6)
Summary	303	(4)
Counseling Ethnically Diverse Minority Families	307	(45)
Counseling African American Families	313	(13)
Powerlessness and the African American Experience	314	(1)
Racism, Discrimination, and the Victim System	315	(2)
Family Structure and Kinship Networks	317	(3)
Socialization Experiences and Male-Female Relationships	320	(2)
Special Aspects of African American Family Life	322	(1)
Some Counseling Guidelines	323	(3)
Counseling Hispanic American Families	326	(11)
Family Structure: The Role of the Extended Family	327	(2)
Acculturation and Ethnic Identity	329	(4)
Sex-Role Issues in Hispanic Cultures	333	(1)
Some Counseling Guidelines	334	(3)
Counseling Asian/Pacific American Families	337	(12)
Cultural Transitions	338	(3)
Family Structure and Responsibilities	341	(4)
Values, Beliefs, Obligations	345	(1)
Some Counseling Guidelines	346	(3)
Summary	349	(3)
Glossary	352	(7)
References	359	(29)
Name Index	388	(7)
Subject Index	395