Couples and Family Therapy in Clinical Practice

Fifth edition of a classic text that views couples and family therapy through a psychiatric lens Written by clinicians with a biopsychosocial perspective on illness and family dysfunction Draws on case studies to present family–oriented interventions in an accessible manner Explores underlying principles along with a wide range of practical therapeutic techniques Culturally inclusive, enabling readers to work with patients from diverse backgrounds INDICE: Contributors .Forewords Ellen M. Berman, M.D., and Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D. .Preface .Acknowledgments .A Guide for Using the Text .List of Tables .List of Figures .SECTION I FAMILY THERAPY IN CONTEXT .CHAPTER 1 The Field of Marital and Family Therapy: Development and Definition .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Development of the Family Therapy Field .Definition of Couples and Family Therapy .Core Concepts .Differentiation of Family Therapy From Other Psychotherapies .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .CHAPTER 2 Family Life in Historical and Sociological Perspective .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Structure and Function of the American Family .Immigration .Ethnicity .Secular View of Marriage .Structures of Marriage .Divorce .The Functional Single–Parent Family .Stepfamilies .LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) Couples .Parenting in Post–Modern Relationships .Multiracial Families .African–American Families .Latino Families .Asian Families .Social Class .Aging of the Population .Family Life Cycle .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .SECTION 2 FUNCTIONAL AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES .CHAPTER 3 Understanding the Functional Family .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .The Family as a System .The Marital and Family Life Cycle .The Family Life Cycle .Family Tasks .Family Belief Systems .Family Resilience .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 4 Understanding the Functional Family in a Variety of Family Forms .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Impact of an Extended Individual Life Cycle .Marriage .Divorce .Binuclear Families .The Functional Single–Parent Family .Remarriage and Blended Families .Stepfamilies (Blended Families) .Grandparent–Headed Families .Lesbian, Gay or Transgendered Families .Parents with a Gender Non–conforming Child .Multiple–partner Fertility Families .Adoption and Families .Interracial Families .Trends in Parenting .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .CHAPTER 5 Problems and Dysfunction From an Integrated Family Systems Perspective .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction: The Dysfunctional Family System .A Systems Approach to Problems and Dysfunction .Family Beliefs and Myths .The Larger Social System and Dysfunction .Implications for Treatment The Development of Symptoms in a Particular Person .Life Cycle Problems and Dysfunction .Task Performance in the Dysfunctional Family .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .SECTION 3 FAMILY EVALUATION .CHAPTER 6 The Process of Evaluation .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Who to Include in the Family Evaluation .Progression of the Family Evaluation Interview .Dimensions of Couple and Family Assessment .Working with a Systemic Model of Change .Role of Historical Material .Role of Individual and Family Diagnoses .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 7 The Content of Evaluation .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Dimensions of Family Function .Family Evaluation Outline .The Family Genogram .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 8 Formulating an Understanding of the Family Problem Areas .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Rating Important Dimensions of Family Functioning .Family Classification and Diagnosis .Planning the Therapeutic Approach and Establishing the Treatment Contract .Case Example Illustrating the Outline .Suggested Readings .References .SECTION 4 FAMILY TREATMENT .CHAPTER 9 Major Family Therapy Schools and Their Treatment Strategies .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Insight–Awareness Model .Family of Origin Model .Systemic–Strategic Model .Structural Model .Cognitive–Behavioral Model .Experiential Model .Constructivist Model .Psychoeducational Model .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 10 Goals .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Mediating and Final Goals As They Relate to Schools .Individualizing Goals With the Family .Goals and Their Relation to Process and Content Issues .Mediating Goals and Their Related Strategies .Goals and Related Strategies Common to All Family Therapy Schools .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 11 Family Treatment: Integrated Strategies and Techniques .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .General Elements of Psychotherapy and Their Relationship to Family Therapy .Basic Strategies of Family Intervention .Techniques for Supporting Adaptive Mechanisms and Strengths: The Psychoeducational Approach .Techniques for a More Effective Construction of Family Reality .Treatment Packages .Indications for Differential Use of the Basic Strategies .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 12 The Course of Family Treatment .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Early Phase .Middle Phase .Termination Phase .Conducting Brief Family Therapy: Treatment as It Is Influenced by Time Constraints .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .CHAPTER 13 Promoting Change in Family Treatment: Issues of Alliance and Resistance .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .The Therapeutic Alliance .Models for Dealing With Families That Have Trouble Forming an Alliance .Problems in Creating Change: Resistance and Disconnection .Techniques to Deal With Resistances or Stalled Therapy .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .CHAPTER 14 Family Therapy: General Considerations .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Family Participants .Including Children and Adolescents in Family Therapy .Therapist Combinations .Setting .Time, Scheduling, and Fees .Keeping a Record of Treatment .Family Therapy in Combination With Other Psychosocial Therapies .Clinical Practice Implications .References .SECTION 5 Couples Therapy .CHAPTER 15 Dysfunctional Couples and Couples Therapy .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Marriage in Its Historical Context .Couples Difficulties, Problems, and Dysfunction .Couples Therapy .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 16 Sex, Couples and Sex Therapy .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Diagnosis Systems Issues .Some Parameters of Sexual Function .Assessment of Sexual Disorder .Treatment .Other Issues Related to Sexuality and Couples .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .CHAPTER 17 Couples and Families Breaking Apart: Separation and Divorce .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Separation .Divorce and Postdivorce Treatment .Single–Parent and Binuclear Families .Blended Families (Stepfamilies) .Cohabiting Couples .Serial Relationships .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .SECTION 6 Family Treatment When One Member Has a Psychiatric Disorder or Other Special Problem .CHAPTER 18 Family Treatment in the Context of Individual Psychiatric Disorders .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .The Family Model and Individual Diagnosis .Schizophrenia .Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder .Mood Disorders: Persistent Depressive Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder .Borderline Personality Disorder .Anxiety Disorders .Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder .Post Traumatic Stress Disorder .Dementia, Amnesia and Other Cognitive Disorders .Eating Disorders .Substance Related Disorders .Psychiatric Disorders of Childhood .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .CHAPTER 19 Family Treatment in the Context of Other Special Problems Violence to Self and Others .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .The Family Model and Violence .Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse .The Family Model and Child Abuse .The Suicidal Patient and the Family .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 20 The Family and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Psychiatric Illness .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Background .Acute Treatment .Families of the Chronically Ill .Community–Based Support Groups .Controversies in the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Psychiatric Illness .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 21 Working with Families in the Medical Setting .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .How Family Functioning Impacts Illness .How Illness Impacts Family Functioining .Family Coping and Adaptation to Illness .Caregiving .A Family Systems Interview for Families with Medical Illness. .Family Interventions .Suggested Readings .Clinical Practice Implications .References .SECTION 7 Results of and Guidelines for Recommending Family Therapy .CHAPTER 22 Indications for and the Sequence of Family Therapy Evaluation and Treatment .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Sequence of Evaluation and Treatment Planning .Step 1: Is Family Evaluation Indicated? .Step 2: Is Family Treatment Indicated? .Step 3: What Shall Be the Duration and Intensity of Family Therapy? .Step 4: What Model of Family Intervention Is Indicated? .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 23 Controversies, Relative Contraindications, and the Use and Misuse of Marital and Family Therapy .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Couples Therapy .The Child as the Identified Patient .The Adolescent as the Identified Patient .Family of Origin Issues .Other Intimate Interpersonal Systems .Situations in Which Family Therapy Is Difficult and Perhaps Contraindicated .Skills and Attributes of the Therapist As They Affect Family Work .Clinical Practice Implications .References .CHAPTER 24 Results: The Outcomes of Couples and Family Therapy .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Overview of Psychotherapy Outcome Research .What the Studies Show .Couples Treatments for Adult Disorders .Family Treatments for Adult Disorders .Family Treatments for Child and Adolescent Disorders .Family Interventions for Medical Illnesses .The Effectiveness of Combining Medication and Family Therapy .Limitations of Family Therapy .Negative Effects of Family Therapy .Inability to Engage and Premature Termination of Family Therapy .Clinical Implications of Data From Family Therapy Outcome Studies .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .SECTION 8 Ethical, Professional, and Training Issues .CHAPTER 25 Ethical and Professional Issues in Family Therapy .Objectives for the Reader .Introduction .Ethical Issues Inherent in Family Therapy .Ethics in a Managed Care World .Informed Consent .Financial Issues .Professional Issues .Competencies .Training and Licensure .Clinical Practice Implications .Suggested Readings .References .Subject Index .Author Index

• ISBN: 978-1-118-89725-6
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 432
• Fecha Publicación: 20/11/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés