One: Dimensions of family therapy -- Two: Elements of strategic family therapy -- Three: Marital problems: balancing power -- Four: Children's problems: three paradoxical strategies -- Five: Parental problems: changing child-parent interactions -- Six: Severe problems of adolescence: putting the parents in charge -- Seven: Night terrors: a case study -- Eight: A depressed man: a case study -- Nine: Summary: Metaphor and power
Summary
A detailed guide to the theory and practice of strategic family therapy. Presents intervention strategies therapists can use to correct power imbalances and change destructive patterns of interaction among family members. Includes fifteen case studies with commentaries to provide a step-by-step view of how the therapy works and of how strategies were planned and carried out
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index
