| Description |
1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Introduction: Systems Theory in the Context of Family Therapy -- Part I -- Foundational Concepts of Family Therapy -- Part II -- Modern Or Classic Models of Family Therapy -- Part III -- Postmodern Models of Family Therapy -- Part I Foundational Concepts of Family Therapy -- 2 Using Theory in the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy -- Preparing to Learn About Theory -- Reflecting On Personal Assumptions About Therapy |
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Intentionality in Therapy: Becoming Aware of the Choices We Make During the Helping Process -- What Is a Theory and What Is a Therapy Model? -- A Final Note About How Research and Theory Relate -- What Is (Psycho)therapy? -- What Is Therapy? -- What Does It Mean When We Talk About "Change"? -- Where Does Therapy Happen? -- What Do We Call the People Providing the Therapy? -- Besides Talking, What Do People Do in Therapy? What Actually Happens in Therapy? -- Documentation and Evaluation -- Anatomy of a Therapy Model -- a Guide for Learning and Applying Theories of Therapy -- Terminology Note |
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Assumptions That Are the Foundation of How MFTs Work With Clients (Key Theories That Cut Across Models) -- Systems Theory as a Set of Assumptions That Form the Basis for MFT Practice and That Are Essential to the Therapy Models That MFTs Use -- Social Constructionism as the Foundation to MFT Practice and MFT Models -- Key Social Constructionist Assumptions -- Summary -- References -- 3 History of Family Therapy -- Introduction -- The Early Days -- Transition From Modern Models to Postmodern Models -- Postmodern Models -- New Horizons -- References |
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4 Building Blocks to Conceptualizing Family: A Family System's Perspective -- Background of Systemic Thinking -- Biological and Mechanical Systems -- Historical Backdrop of Systemic Theory -- Systemic Concepts -- Summary -- References -- 5 Postmodernism and Social Constructionism: Foundational Concepts -- Introduction -- Social Construction -- Social Constructionist Philosophers -- Assumptions of Social Construction -- Major Concepts of Social Construction -- Modernism -- Postmodernism -- Postmodern Assumptions -- Limitations and Arguments -- Embrace and Challenge -- References |
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6 The Core Process of Therapy: Planning Therapy Guided By Theory -- Core Therapy Process 1 -- Joining -- Core Therapy Process 2 -- Assessment: a Practical and Philosophical Look at How We Learn With Our Clients in Therapy -- Terminology Associated With Assessment in Therapy -- How Systems Theory and Social Constructionism Inform Assessment -- Using a Therapy Model During Assessment -- Core Therapy Process 3 -- Goal Setting -- Core Therapy Process 4 -- Intervention -- Example of Intervention Planning Using the Structural Family Therapy Model |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Example of Intervention Planning Using the Experiential Therapy Model |
| Subject |
Family psychotherapy.
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Marital psychotherapy.
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Web-based instruction.
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Distance education.
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Family Therapy
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Marital Therapy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Darren, Adamson
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| ISBN |
9781000921519 |
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1000921514 |
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