Solving Problems In Couples And Family Therapy: Techniques And Tactics / Edition 1

by Robert Sherman, Paul Oresky, Yvonne Rountree

Overview

Aimed primarily at clinicians who are required to find ways to interrupt patterns of destructive behaviour in couples and families, this text provides a compilation of multi-disciplinary techniques and flexible strategies to accomplish 14 major therapeutic tasks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138004917
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/12/2014
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Yvonne Rountree, Robert Sherman, Paul Oresky

Table of Contents

Preface vii

1 An Integrative Therapeutic Model for Change 1

2 The Art of Encouragement 26

3 Joining 45

4 Taking on the Opposition: Resistance 71

5 Boundaries: The Great Divide 93

6 Don't Forget the Children 109

7 Winning Over the Adolescent 134

8 Intimacy: The Dance Around Closeness and Distance 160

9 Once Upon a Time: Family Myths 191

10 Who's the Fairest of Them All: Treating Cross-Cultural Conflicts 210

11 Avoiding and Repairing Hurts and Grievances 229

12 Defusing and Redirecting the Power Play 253

13 Hogging Center Stage: The Chronically III Family Member 267

14 Hands Off: Stopping the Physical and Sexual Abuse 287

15 Grief Work 312

Name Index 327

Subject Index 331