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Revised edition of The lost art of listening, c2009.
First published in 1988. This thought-provoking volume offers a constructive critical analysis of family therapy for its neglect of the self in the system, and provides a therapeutic approach to clinical problems that takes into account both individual and family dynamics. The author shows that by elevating the metaphor of the system to dogma, family therapy has lost sight of much of the richness and complicating influence of personal feeling, motivation, and conflict, resulting in a proliferation of esoteric, abstract theories and highly mechanistic, technical interventions. The Self in the System describes a different reality that is often overlooked: no matter how much their behavior is...
Key Benefit: Illustrates family therapy techniques -- The Essentials of Family Therapy, 6/e examines the rich history, classic schools, and latest developments in family therapy. Key Topics: Utilize various family therapy techniques. Recognize the techniques of successful contemporaries in the field. Market: Professional Market, including counseling, family therapy, social work, and other helping profession programs
For parents fed up with constant challenges to their authority--but who dread becoming tyrants in their own homes--trusted family therapist and author Nichols provides a powerful new alternative to "because I said so."
Family Therapy: Concepts & Methods describes and analyzes the field of family therapy, covering its history, schools, and developments. Numerous case studies throughout the text help students understand the link between history, theory, and practice.
This second edition of The Essentials of Family Therapy examines the rich history, classic schools, and latest developments of family therapy while emphasizing clinical practice. Similar to another classic work from the same authors, titled Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods, Sixth Edition this volume contains up-to-date descriptions of the latest models; expanded coverage of basic clinical practice; new material on research, ethics, and diversity; and a thorough, consistent emphasis on clinical techniques throughout. The Essentials of Family Therapy contains less history and theory than its larger predecessor, and highlights the accomplishments and techniques of successful contemporaries in the field.
At the center of people’s lives is the family, which can be and should be a haven from the harshness of the outside world. Unfortunately, the source of people’s greatest hope for happiness often turns out to be the source of their worst disappointments. Now, the family therapist, Salvador Minuchin unravels the knots of family dynamics against the background of his own odyssey from an extended Argentinian Jewish family to his innovative treatment of troubled families. Through the stories of families who have sought his help, the reader is taken inside the consulting room to see how families struggle with self-defeating patterns of behavior. Through his confrontational style of therapy, Dr...
Each of us is controlled in some way by shame, one of the ugliest emotions in human experience. It saps our self-respect, builds walls between people, and forces us to create elaborate defenses to protect ourselves. This informative and practical analysis of the role of shame in our lives helps us to understand the root of our insecurity. Only by facing and coming to terms with our shame can we begin to resolve insecurities and become free to participate fully in life. Nichols discusses love and worth, the social sources of humiliation, the frustration of adolescence, and positive parenting, among other important topics, in this wonderful combination of clinical sophistication, common sense, and humanity!
Gently but firmly, Dr. Nichols shows the millions of Americans turning forty in the '80s how to creatively deal with the challenge posed by this day and age and alerts the reader to the dangers to be found in extreme preoccupation with self-improvement.
"In this twelfth edition of Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods, the authors tried to describe the full scope of family therapy-its rich history, the classic schools, the latest developments-but with increasing emphasis on clinical practice"--