Family Therapy: An Overview

Author:   Herbert Goldenberg (California State University, Los Angeles, Emeritus) ,  Irene Goldenberg (UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute) ,  Mark Stanton (Azusa Pacific University)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition:   9th edition
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9781305092969


Pages:   608
Publication Date:   03 March 2016
Format:   Hardback
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This current, engaging, and practice-oriented text is your complete resource for mastering the many facets of family therapy. In this ninth edition, the authors examine and explain key viewpoints, perspectives, values, intervention techniques, and goals of family therapy -- featuring practice-oriented content to help you become an empathic and effective family therapist. Color-coded boxes highlight key aspects of family therapy, such as family diversity, evidence-based practice research, 'Thinking Like a Clinician' exercises, case studies, clinical notes, and therapeutic encounters. Examples illustrate family therapists from many professions, including social work, MFT, psychology, and counseling. You'll also find up-to-date material representing the latest thinking on central issues and topics, including increased attention to LGBTQ families and alternative forms of family life and to gender, culture, and ethnic considerations.

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Author:   Herbert Goldenberg (California State University, Los Angeles, Emeritus) ,  Irene Goldenberg (UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute) ,  Mark Stanton (Azusa Pacific University)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   Brooks/Cole
Edition:   9th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   1.202kg
ISBN:  

9781305092969


ISBN 10:   1305092961
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   03 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Adopting a Family Relationship Framework. 2. Family Development: Continuity and Change. 3. Diversity in Family Functioning. 4. Systems Theory and Systemic Thinking. 5. Origins and Growth of Family Therapy. 6. Professional Issues and Ethical Practices. 7. Psychodynamic Models. 8. Transgenerational Models. 9. Experiential Models. 10. The Structural Model. 11. Strategic Models. 12. Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Models. 13. Social Construction Models I: Solution-Focused Therapy And Collaborative Therapy. 14. Social Construction Models II: Narrative Therapy. 15. Population-Based Family Treatments. 16. Evidence-Based Family Therapy. 17. Comparative View of Family Theories and Therapies.

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Herbert Goldenberg was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, where he developed and taught classes in family therapy. Together with Irene Goldenberg he was awarded the 2007 American Family Therapy Academy lifetime achievement award for family therapy. He also held membership in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Family Therapy Academy, and the Family Therapy division of the American Psychological Association. He was also elected fellow in that APA division. The Goldenbergs co-authored another book published by Brooks/Cole, COUNSELING TODAY'S FAMILIES, Fourth Edition. Irene Goldenberg is Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. She served as Associate Chairperson of that department and as Director of Psychological Services for many years, and continues to teach marriage and family therapy courses to psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers there. She currently supervises doctoral students and directs the family therapy program at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Together with Herbert, Irene Goldenberg has been awarded the 2007 American Family Therapy Academy lifetime achievement award for family therapy. She also holds membership in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Family Therapy Academy, and the Family Therapy division of the American Psychological Association. She has been elected fellow in that APA division. The Goldenbergs are co-authors of another book published by Brooks/Cole, COUNSELING TODAY'S FAMILIES, Fourth Edition.

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