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Author Walrond-Skinner, Sue.

Title Family and Marital Psychotherapy (Psychology Revivals) : a Critical Approach
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (515 pages)
Series Psychology Revivals
Psychology revivals.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. 'The Family' and Psychotherapy; Concepts of 'The Family'; The family group; The individual's family; Psychotherapy and the Family; Family involvement in the onset and course of individual dysfunction; Family members as therapists -- the intra-personal level; The interpersonal level; The systems approach and psychotherapy; The relationship of problem formulation, aetiology and treatment; Effectiveness of techniques
The Future of Intimate RelationshipsReferences; 2. The Social Context of Family Therapy; The Environment of Families; Occupation; Major societal change; Social stratification; The Environment of Therapists; The therapist's family; Employing organizations; Professional discipline; Dilemmas of the Therapist; Some Strategies for Changing the Relationship between Families and their Environment; Theory; Practice; Reference; 3. Infant Needs and Angry Responses -- A Look at Violence in the Family; The Daily Struggle; Carving Up the Territory; Invading the Boundaries; Exploration and Challenge
Second-Level ViolenceThe Experience of Attack; First interview; Extract two; Extract three; Extract four; Extract five; Acknowledgments; References; 4. The Use of Paradox in Therapy; References; 5. Nonverbal Communication in Family Therapy; Introduction; Functions of NVC; NVC at the organismic (individual) level of organization; NVC at the dyadic or interpersonal level of organization; NVC at the social or group level of organization; NVC and the Dynamics of Family Therapy; NVC at the organismic level of the family system; NVC at the dyadic or interpersonal level of the family system
NVC at the social or group level of the family systemThe Therapeutic Use of NVC In Family Therapy; Insight-oriented techniques; Strategic and structural techniques; Conclusion; References; 6. Couple Therapy; Non-Specific Factors in Therapy; The Size of the Problem; Selection; Classifications; The Aims of Couple Therapy; Difference Approaches to Couple Therapy; Psychoanalytic Approaches to Couple Theory; Case-history 1; Case-history 2; Case-history 3; Systems Theory and Couple Therapy; Behavioural Methods in Couple Therapy; Group Couple Therapy
The Relationship between Different Treatment ApproachesResearch Into Couple Therapy; Conclusion; References; 7. The Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction; Classification of the Sexual Dysfunctions; Causative Factors in Sexual Dysfunction; Approaches to Treatment; Conjoint therapy; Individual and group therapy; The Results of Treatment; Training for Sexual Dysfunction Therapy; References; 8. Co-Therapy: A Clinical Researcher's View; Why Co-Therapy?; Functions of the Co-Therapy Team; Modelling; Division of labour; Mirroring families' behaviour; Developing the Co-Therapy Relationship -- Difficulties
Summary The family therapy movement had from its earliest days been marked by a surge of creativity and by the energy of the new ideas it generated. Originally published in 1979, the authors of the original essays collected together in this book felt that the time had come to take stock and to scrutinise more carefully the meaning and effectiveness of this new psychotherapeutic method within the particular conditions prevailing Britain at the time. The book focuses on issues relating to theory, research and practice and, while concentrating on three sub-specialities of family therapy - family
Notes Types of Co-Therapy
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Subject Family psychotherapy.
Marital psychotherapy.
Family Therapy
Marital Therapy
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Family psychotherapy
Marital psychotherapy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317805373
1317805372