Textbook of Family and Couples Therapy: Clinical Applications

by Sholevar, G. Pirooz

• ISBN13: 9780880485180
• ISBN10: 0880485183
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING INC

Summary

In the past decade, family therapy has evolved from a loosely defined aggregate of approaches to a mature field with codified schools of theoretical systems and concepts. Textbook of Family and Couples Therapy: Clinical Applicationsis the first book to draw together theories and techniques from these various schools and combine them with specific clinical approaches in a single comprehensive resource. Under the editorial direction of acclaimed expert G. Pirooz Sholevar, Textbook of Family and Couples Therapypresents the current body of theoretical knowledge in the field along with the latest practical applications for working with couples and families. The book is divided into seven major sections: Family Therapy: Theory and Techniques; Family Assessment; Family Therapy With Children and Adolescents; Marital Therapy; Family Therapy With Different Disorders; and Research in Family and Marital Therapy. Most sections begin with overview chapters to lay the groundwork for clinical applications. With contributions from today's leading practitioners, Textbook of Family and Couples Therapyincludes unique features such as: Family therapy approaches to specific mental disorders, including depression, psychiatric hospitalization, alcohol and substance abuse, incest, and personality disorders Specific guidance for working with couples, with detailed approaches to problems such as sexual dysfunction, divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies-invaluable for practicing in today's society The unique considerations of treating children in a family therapy context with practical applications such as whole-family intervention and a method for parent management training An overview of the evolution and theoretical underpinnings of family therapy which helps readers develop a solid foundation of understanding to support their clinical knowledge The latest information on issues related to gender, culture, and ethnicity and how they affect family therapy...important for enhancing awareness and understanding The state of family therapy research today and future research directions with perspectives from leading academics to point the way Blending theoretical training and up-to-date clinical strategies, Textbook of Family and Couples Therapyis a landmark event in the field. It is a must for clinicians who are currently treating couples and families-and a major resource for training future clinicians in these highly effective therapeutic techniques.

Author Biography

G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D., is clinical professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Piscataway, New Jersey. He is president of NUEVA VIDA Multicultural/Multilingual Behavioral Care in Philadelphia and South Jersey. Dr. Sholevar is a child/adolescent and general psychiatrist, a family and marital therapist, and a psychoanalyst for children and adults. His 11 published books include The Handbook of Marriage and Marital Therapy and Transmission of Depression in Families and Children.

Linda D. Schwoeri, Ph.D., is on the faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Osteopathic School of Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey. She is co-editor of the book Transmission of Depression in Families and Children.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xiii
Part I Introduction
Family Theory and Therapy: An Overview	3	(32)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Part II Family Therapy: Theory and Techniques
Introduction to Family Theories	29	(6)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Structural Family Therapy	35	(20)
H. Charles Fishman
Tana Fishman
Constructing Therapy: From Strategic, to Systemic, to Narrative Models	55	(22)
Scott W. Browning
Robert-Jay Green
Psychodynamic Family Therapy	77	(26)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Linda D. Schwoeri
Multigenerational Family Systems Theory of Bowen and Its Application	103	(24)
Michael Kerr
Contextual Therapy	127	(20)
Catherine Ducommun-Nagy
Linda D. Schwoeri
Behavioral Family Therapy	147	(26)
Ian R. H. Falloon
Psychoeducational Family Intervention	173	(20)
Linda D. Schwoeri
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Social Network Intervention	193	(10)
Ross V. Speck
Gender-Sensitive Family Therapy	203	(22)
Linda D. Schwoeri
G. Pirooz Sholevar
George S. Villarose
Techniques of Family Therapy	225	(32)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Linda D. Schwoeri
Family Theories: Conclusion	251	(6)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Part III Family Assessment
Initial and Diagnostic Family Interviews	257	(20)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Family Assessment	277	(26)
Bruce D. Forman
Jodi Aronson
Mark P. Combs
The Family Life Cycle: A Framework for Understanding Family Development	303	(14)
Joan Zilbach
Functional and Dysfunctional Families	317	(24)
W. Robert Beavers
Diagnosis of Family Relational Disorders	341	(26)
David J. Miklowitz
John F. Clarkin
Part IV Family Therapy With Children and Adolescents
Family Therapy With Children and Adolescents: An Overview	367	(14)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Family Therapy With Children: A Model for Engaging the Whole Family	381	(22)
Richard Chasin
Tanya B. White
Parent Management Training	403	(14)
Ellen Harris Sholevar
Part V Couples Therapy
Couples Therapy: An Overview	417	(22)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Psychodynamic Couples Therapy	439	(22)
Derek C. Polonsky
Carol C. Nadelson
Behavioral Couples Therapy	461	(40)
Steven L. Sayers
Richard E. Heyman
The Divorcing Family: Characteristics and Interventions	501	(22)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Linda D. Schwoeri
The Remarried Family: Characteristics and Interventions	523	(16)
Emily B. Visher
John S. Visher
Marital Enrichment in Clinical Practice	539	(20)
Paul Giblin
Mark P. Combs
Sex Therapy at the Turn of the Century: New Awareness and Response	559	(26)
Linda D. Schwoeri
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Mark P. Combs
Part VI Family Therapy With Different Disorders
Family Variables and Interventions in Schizophrenia	585	(34)
David J. Miklowitz
Martha C. Tompson
Depression and the Family: Interpersonal Context and Family Functioning	619	(18)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Linda D. Schwoeri
Howard Jarden
Family Intervention and Psychiatric Hospitalization	637	(20)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Ira D. Glick
Ellen Harris Sholevar
National Alliance for the Mentally III (NAMI) and Family Psychiatry: Working Toward a Collaborative Model	657	(14)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Linda D. Schwoeri
Alcoholic and Substance-Abusing Families	671	(24)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Linda D. Schwoeri
Family Intervention With Incest	695	(20)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Linda D. Schwoeri
Family Therapy With Personality Disorders	715	(10)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Linda D. Schwoeri
Impact of Culture and Ethnicity on Family Interventions	725	(22)
Linda D. Schwoeri
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Mark P. Combs
Medical Family Therapy	747	(24)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
Christoph Sahar
Part VII Research in Family and Couples Therapy
The State of Family Therapy Research: A Positive Prognosis	771	(26)
John F. Clarkin
Daniel Carpenter
Eric Fertuck
Couples Therapy Research: Status and Directions	797	(18)
Susan M. Johnson
Conclusion and Future Directions	815	(6)
G. Pirooz Sholevar
References	821	(86)
Index	907