Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Psychotherapy
| Author: | John T. Edwards | ISBN: | 9781118138816 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | September 20, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley | Language: | English |
| Author: | John T. Edwards |
| ISBN: | 9781118138816 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | September 20, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley |
| Language: | English |
A complete guide for helping professionals, with tried-and-true techniques for practicing family counseling therapy
Now in its second edition, Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques is filled with up-to-date, systems-oriented techniques focused on field-tested results. Outlining the dos and don'ts of working with different types of families and the various complications, nuances, and complexities that can occur, this practical guide provides a broad and proven selection of interventions, processes, and guidelines for working interactively, systematically, and compassionately with families.
Working With Families, Second Edition covers a range of topics including:
- Family work in different settings
- Session-by-session guidelines
- Therapeutic themes by family type
- Managing adolescents in family sessions
- Dealing with fear of family work
- Family mapping
- Strategic child assessment
- Chemical dependence and its impact on families
Informed by the author's many years of experience in the field, both as a clinician and as a trainer, Working With Families, Second Edition offers an invaluable systems-oriented, goal-directed, problem-solving approach to family counseling therapy for all mental health professionals.
A complete guide for helping professionals, with tried-and-true techniques for practicing family counseling therapy
Now in its second edition, Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques is filled with up-to-date, systems-oriented techniques focused on field-tested results. Outlining the dos and don'ts of working with different types of families and the various complications, nuances, and complexities that can occur, this practical guide provides a broad and proven selection of interventions, processes, and guidelines for working interactively, systematically, and compassionately with families.
Working With Families, Second Edition covers a range of topics including:
- Family work in different settings
- Session-by-session guidelines
- Therapeutic themes by family type
- Managing adolescents in family sessions
- Dealing with fear of family work
- Family mapping
- Strategic child assessment
- Chemical dependence and its impact on families
Informed by the author's many years of experience in the field, both as a clinician and as a trainer, Working With Families, Second Edition offers an invaluable systems-oriented, goal-directed, problem-solving approach to family counseling therapy for all mental health professionals.
