1. Introduction : an overview -- 2. Early stages of family-of-origin therapy : relating current issues in therapy to family-of-origin issues; dealing with resistances -- 3. Preparation phase : strategies for bringing in family of origin; preparing the agenda -- 4. Techniques used during family-of-origin sessions : procedures used for conducting sessions; descriptions of how the sessions tend to go -- 5. Postsession developments and results : processing of family-of-origin sessions; feedback of findings to individual and marital problems -- 6. Difficulties, limitations, pitfalls, and contraindications -- 7. Theoretical implications -- 8. Clinical implications -- 9. Case examples of family-of-origin consultations
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