Inside Family Therapy A Case Study in Family Healing

by Nichols, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9780205611072
• ISBN10: 0205611079
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-05
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Follow a family therapist's narrative diary as he documents the process of working with the Salazars, as they explore each stage of their relationship-from courtship through the departure of the children from the home.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Disturbing the Peace	p. 1
"Can You Help Us?"	p. 1
Looking for Leverage	p. 2
Dialogue: Setting the System in Motion	p. 5
It Must Be a Marital Problem	p. 8
Linear versus Circular Causality	p. 8
The Making of a Family Therapist	p. 15
Behind the One-Way Mirror	p. 18
Love's Young Dream	p. 23
"We'll Sing in the Sunshine"	p. 24
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"	p. 29
"I Do"	p. 30
The Progress of Love	p. 33
"Why Are You So Mean to Me?"	p. 35
Idealization	p. 40
Accommodation	p. 42
Boundaries	p. 43
How to Succeed as a Couple by Really Trying	p. 47
In-Laws	p. 51
"Alone at Last"	p. 53
Invaders from Another Planet	p. 54
Accommodation and Boundary-Making with the In-Laws	p. 56
Invisible Loyalties	p. 60
Past Tense and Imperfect Future	p. 61
The Depressed Young Mother	p. 67
The Impossible Job	p. 69
The Family Life Cycle	p. 72
2 + 1 = 2	p. 76
Heather's Birth	p. 77
The Young and the Restless	p. 79
Renegotiating Boundaries with Grandparents	p. 80
Reciprocity	p. 81
Bitter Fruit	p. 83
Why Can't Jason Behave?	p. 87
Fix My Child without Disturbing Me	p. 89
Family Rules	p. 90
Family Structure	p. 92
The Strucural Model	p. 93
Blueprint for a Healthy Family	p. 96
Uncovering the Structure in a Family	p. 99
Building Children's Self-Esteem	p. 100
The Overinvolved Mother and Peripheral Father	p. 103
The Need to Restructure the Family	p. 105
Shared Parenting	p. 108
The Best of Intentions	p. 108
Pursuers and Distancers	p. 111
Self-Defeating Cycles	p. 114
Family Feud	p. 119
Sibling Rivalry	p. 120
Enmeshment	p. 124
Disengagement	p. 126
Brotherhood and Sisterhood	p. 129
Loss of Innocence	p. 131
To Tell or Not to Tell, That Is the Question	p. 136
All Hell Breaks Loose	p. 139
"Why, Why, Why?"	p. 141
Moving On	p. 145
Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepparenting	p. 151
Families in Transition	p. 156
Uncoupling	p. 156
Reorganizing	p. 159
Blending	p. 161
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: The Rebellious Teenager	p. 165
That Awful, Awkward Age	p. 169
How Worried Should Parents Be about Their Teenagers?	p. 174
The Terrible Teens	p. 178
The Salazars' Family Therapy	p. 181
Shifting Boundaries	p. 191
All Together Again, and Out	p. 193
Notes on Technique	p. 198
Letting Go	p. 203
"It's the End of Our Family"	p. 209
The Long Good-Bye	p. 210
Boomerang Kids	p. 211
"Under Certain Conditions"	p. 212
Index	p. 215
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