Introducing User-Friendly Family Therapy

by Sigurd Reimers, Andy Treacher

Overview

All too often the experience of users of family therapy is neglected in the theory and practice of family therapy as well as in the literature itself. In Introducing User-Friendly Family Therapy the authors describe in detail how the results of an action research project helped the professionals involved to modify their practice. They draw out the implications of the research for providing a genuinely user-friendly service and set the arguments for a more humanistic approach in the wider context of contemporary social policy.
Thought-provoking and practical in emphasis, this book places the user at the centre of the stage and insists that family therapy can only flourish if it becomes genuinely empowering and user-friendly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415074315
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/08/1994
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clinical tutor to the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology course and co-director of the Diploma Course in Family and Marital Therapy at the University of Exeter. He is based at the Department of Clinical and Community Psychology, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Wonford, where he works as a family therapist.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing user-friendly family therapy, Andy Treacher, Sigurd Reimers; Chapter 2 Family therapy, Sigurd Reimers, Andy Treacher; Chapter 3 Coming to terms with Jeffrey Masson, Andy Treacher; Chapter 4 Steps towards a user-friendly approach, Andy Treacher; Chapter 5 Further steps towards a user-friendly approach, Andy Treacher; Chapter 6 Learning from users, Sigurd Reimers, Carolyn White; Chapter 7 Research and practice, practice and research, Sigurd Reimers; Chapter 8 Reviewing consumer studies of therapy, Andy Treacher; Chapter 9 Reviewing consumer studies of therapy, Andy Treacher; Chapter 10 Social policy, the family and family therapy, Sigurd Reimers; Chapter 11 User-friendliness and theories of family therapy, Sigurd Reimers, Andy Treacher; Chapter 12 Guidelines for user-friendly practice, Andy Treacher; Chapter 13 Bringing it back home, Sigurd Reimers;

Editorial Reviews

‘... enormously interesting and valuable chapters ... "Congratulations on opening my eyes to machines, method and manner" - Jrnl of Social Work Practice.

‘a welcome addition to the library of any team working in a systematic way with families or individuals, whatever the setting. It is also an extremely helpful and thought-provoking book to have available if you work with students or trainees of social work or systematic practice. I have read and re-read it several times and often refer to it when preparing to supervise trainees' Child and Family Social Work, Vol 1 1996

‘This is more than an interesting read. It convincingly captures experience. I believe many therapists reading it will feel, as did I, ‘Yes, I have been there'.' - Issues in Social Work Education

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