| Description |
xvii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Gerald Corey -- Preface -- Part I. Basic issues in the practice of family therapy and counseling -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- 2 The Family Practitioner as Person and Professional --3. Virtue, Ethics, and Legality in Family Practice -- Part II. Theories and techniques of family therapy and counseling -- 4. Multigenerational Family Therapy -- 5. Adlerian Family Therapy -- 6. Human Validation Process Model -- 7. Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy -- 8. Structural Family Therapy -- 9. Strategic Family Therapy -- 10. Solution-focused/Solution-oriented Therapy -- 11. Postmodernism, Social Construction, and Narratives in Family Therapy -- 12. Feminist Family Therapy -- 13. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy -- 14. Parenting for the 21st Century -- Part III. Integration and application -- 15. Integration I: From Self-Discovery to Family Practice: Forming a Relationship and Family Assessment -- 16. Integration II: Shared Meaning, Facilitating Change and Tailoring Interventions -- Appendix. Summary and review of family models -- Glossary |
| Summary |
"A model for successful integration of multiple points of view, James R. Bitter's 'Theory and Practice of Family Therapy and Counseling' supports the development of personal, professional, and ethical family practice. The text's concrete, empirically based approaches, as well as diagnostics and visual tools, allow you to observe others in groups. Case studies, sample dialogues, and exercises help you to apply the concepts you've learned." -- Publisher's website |
| Analysis |
Family psychotherapy |
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Counseling --methods |
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Family Therapy --methods |
| Notes |
foreward by Gerald Corey |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Family psychotherapy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Family counseling -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Bitter
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James Robert
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| LC no. |
2007936243 |
| ISBN |
9780534421786 |
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0534421784 (hbk.) |
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9780534421786 (hbk.) |
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