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9781560242451

Therapy With Treatment Resistant Families

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  • Copyright: 1993-08-01
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Table of Contents

Contributors and Associates
Preface
The Treatment Resistant Familyp. 1
The Concept of Resistancep. 1
Varieties of Family Treatment Resistancep. 3
The Impact of Resistancep. 10
Early Therapy Termination: The Most Extreme Process Resistancep. 11
Treatment Resistance and Family Crisesp. 15
Systems Intervention with Highly Resistant Familiesp. 18
Families and Family Therapy
A Brief History and Current Statusp. 23
Historical Concepts of the Family and Family Therapyp. 23
Contemporary "Family Problems" and the Rise of Family Therapiesp. 27
The History of Family Therapy: The Developmental Analogyp. 29
The Future of Family Therapy: Dynamical Systems Theoryp. 44
Family Resistance, Stress, and Crisesp. 49
Resistance and Crisis Interventionp. 49
Crises and Stressorsp. 50
Family Stressp. 53
Typologies of Family Stressorsp. 54
Responses to Normative and Catastrophic Stressorsp. 55
Perceptual and Instrumental Stresses: An Alternative Formulationp. 57
Perceptual Crisesp. 62
Instrumental Stressp. 64
Perceptual Crises and Treatment Resistance: An Empirical Studyp. 68
Familial Differences in Stress Copingp. 71
Hill's ABC X Model of Family Resiliencyp. 72
The Hill/McCubbin Model and Treatment Resistance: An Empirical Studyp. 73
Family Stress and Opponent Processesp. 76
The Perception of Stress as a Critical Variable in Crisis-Proneness and Treatment Resistancep. 80
Family-Oriented Crisis Interventionp. 85
An Overview to a New Method of Defeating Resistancep. 85
Family-Oriented Crisis Intervention: A Brief Historyp. 87
Theoretical Rationale for Family Crisis Interventionp. 88
Crisis Intervention with Treatment Resistant Familiesp. 98
The Goal of Crisis Intervention with Resistant Familiesp. 101
Dysfunctional Coping and Treatment Resistancep. 103
Models of Family Crisis Interventionp. 106
Crisis Intervention and Consultation Rolesp. 108
The Stages of Therapeutic/Consultational Interventionp. 110
Conclusion: Summarizing a New Strategy to Undercut Resistancep. 111
Assembling the Family During Crisis: The First Sessionp. 113
Family Crisis Intervention: Who Should Be Seen?p. 113
Who Should See Resistant Families?p. 117
Location of the Crisis Sessionp. 121
Timing and Length of Sessions and Crisis Interventionp. 122
Handling Anger of the Resistant Familyp. 124
Communication Principles During Crisis Interventionp. 125
Payment of Feesp. 128
Hospitalizationp. 130
Crisis Defusion and Evaluationp. 135
Crisis Defusion (D): Making the Crisis "Workable"p. 135
Family Crisis Evaluation (E): The Framework for Empowermentp. 149
Family Problem Solving: A Crisis Intervention/Consultation Approachp. 167
Developing and Communicating Tentative Crisis Formulations: The First Step Toward Family Problem Solvingp. 167
Decision Avoidance: The Principal Obstacle to Family Problem Solvingp. 174
Problem-Focused Coping: The Family Generates Its Own Answersp. 178
Ego-Lending: Making Decisions for the Familyp. 187
When the Family Decides Poorly: The Consultant Stancep. 191
Translating Problem Solving into Specific Actions: Empowerment of the Resistant Familyp. 201
The Behavioral Contractp. 202
Integrating Family Assessment into the Behavioral Contractp. 205
Specifics of the Behavioral Contract: Interventions to Change Dysfunctional Copingp. 209
Identification of Potential Compliance Problemsp. 219
Subsystems Therapy: Link Therapists and the Behavioral Contractp. 225
The Decision for Future Therapyp. 230
Terminating the Crisis Interviewp. 231
When All Else Fails: Reiterating Reality to the Resistant Familyp. 233
Beyond the Crisis Session: What to Do with the Resistant Family After ADEPTp. 237
When the Resistant Family Is Incestuousp. 243
General Principlesp. 244
Initial Interventionp. 246
Family System Factorsp. 251
Individual Factorsp. 253
Family of Origin Factorsp. 255
Socio-Environmental Factorsp. 255
Precipitating Eventsp. 256
Coping Mechanisms
Dimensions of Interventionp. 257
Conclusionp. 264
Delinquency and the Resistant Familyp. 267
The Efficacy of Family Therapy with Delinquentsp. 267
Family Factors and Delinquencyp. 270
Treating the Resistant Delinquent Familyp. 275
Conclusionp. 281
Families of Brain-Compromised Individualsp. 283
The Brain-Compromised: A Growing Populationp. 283
Traumatic Brain Injuryp. 285
Degenerative Dementiap. 295
Final Words on Treatment Resistancep. 303
Referencesp. 305
Indexp. 315
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