Rituals in Families and Family Therapy

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

• ISBN13: 9780393700640
• ISBN10: 039370064X
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-10-17
• 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	v
Peggy Papp
Contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	x
Preface	xi
Evan Imber-Black
I. DEFINING AND DESIGNING RITUALS
Setting the Frame: Definition, Functions, and Typology of Rituals	3	(44)
Janine Roberts
Ritual Themes in Families and Family Therapy	47	(37)
Evan Imber-Black
Guidelines to Designing Therapeutic Rituals	84	(29)
Richard A. Whiting
II. RITUALS FOR COUPLES, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS
Normative and Therapeutic Rituals in Couples Therapy	113	(22)
Evan Imber-Black
Imitative and Contagious Magic in the Therapeutic Use of Rituals with Children	135	(23)
John J. O'Connor
Aaron Noah Hoorwitz
The Use of Rituals in Families with an Adolescent	158	(19)
William D. Lax
Dario J. Lussardi
Mazel Tov: The Bar Mitzvah as a Multigenerational Ritual of Change and Continuity	177	(34)
Judith Davis
III. FACILITATING COMPLEX FAMILY PROCESSES THROUGH RITUAL
Therapeutic Rituals with Families with Adopted Members	211	(19)
Richard A. Whiting
Assessing Family Rituals in Alcoholic Families	230	(27)
Steven J. Wolin
Linda A. Bennett
Jane S. Jacobs
Systemic Rituals in Sexual Therapy	257	(19)
Gary L. Sanders
Creation of Family Identity Through Ritual Performance in Early Remarriage	276	(31)
Mary F. Whiteside
IV. RITUALS, FAMILIES, AND THE WIDER SOCIAL CONTEXT
Use of Ritual in ``Redocumenting'' Psychiatric History	307	(24)
Janine Roberts
``Alexandra''
``Julius''
Women and Ritual in Family Therapy	331	(32)
Joan Laird
Political Traumas, Oppression, and Rituals	363	(24)
Cecilia Kohen
V. RITUALS AND FAMILY THERAPY TRAINING
Rituals and Trainees	387	(16)
Janine Roberts
Afterword	403	(2)
Evan Imber-Black
Index	405