Therapeutic Relationships: The Tripartite Model: Development and Applications to Family Systems Theory

by John F. Butler PhD

Overview

In this text, Butler takes an in-depth look at the development of family systems theory and how the work of Bowen, Gelso, and Meissner has shaped family psychotherapy. Family systems theory considers the family as an emotional unit in the therapeutic process and examines the therapeutic relationship in terms of its three primary components: the alliance, transference/countertransference, and the real relationship—better known as the tripartite model. Butler explores how the aspects Bowen family systems theory can provide effective methods for counseling families, couples, and individuals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442254541
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/31/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jack Butler, PhD, maintains a private practice at Rose Street Mental Health Care in Wichita Falls, TX. He is a licensed clinical social worker, a marriage and family therapist, and a AAMFT clinical member and approved supervisor. He retired as a Colonel from the United States Air Force in 1999. He was the Associate Chief of Clinical Social Work for the Air Force Surgeon General while at Andrews AFB, Maryland. Butler trained at the Georgetown Family Center (now the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family) for five years. He is the recipient of Caskie Research Award from the Bowen Center in 2010 for his work on the Bowen Archives at the NIMH.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

Part 1 1

1 Introduction and Overview 3

Part 2 15

2 The Contributions of Charles Gel so, PhD 17

3 The Contributions of W. W. Meissner, SJ, MD 33

Part 3 41

4 Reviews of Historical Papers in Family Psychotherapy 43

5 Bowen's NIMH Family Study Project and the Origins of Family Psychotherapy 53

6 The Family-as-a-Unit Concept and the Therapeutic Relationship 59

7 The Tripartite Model of the Therapeutic Relationship and Family Systems Theory 69

Part 4 83

8 The Distinctive Features of Family Psychotherapy and Coaching in Bowen Family Systems Theory 85

Notes 99

References 101

Index 109

Editorial Reviews

"An important contribution to the literature on the therapeutic relationship and of value to all students of psychotherapy."

By utilizing the technique of summative/evaluative reviews of seminal articles, the author covers a large amount of historical information in a short space.... [T]he book provides a good basic starting point for a more in-depth study of two very difficult fields of study.

From the Publisher

An important contribution to the literature on the therapeutic relationship and of value to all students of psychotherapy.

Daniel V. Papero

By utilizing the technique of summative/evaluative reviews of seminal articles, the author covers a large amount of historical information in a short space…. [T]he book provides a good basic starting point for a more in-depth study of two very difficult fields of study.

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