Family Therapy: A Systemic Integration by Dorothy Stroh Becvar, Raphael J. Becvar

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The systemic-cybernetic framework in Family Therapy provides a framework for understanding people and families in context. The text—divided into three sections including The Systemic Framework, The Practice of Family Therapy, and The Systemic Practitioner—includes historical information, current developments, and ongoing debates.

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“As teaching students to think systematically is one of my primary course objectives, the Becvar and Becvar text could not provide a better main text for meeting that particular objective.”
Cindy Carlson, University of Texas at Austin

“The authors have modified original counseling theories and updated them so that they are more user friendly. When it is time for me to make a textbook change, I will be strongly inclined to adopt this text for use in my Family Counseling Class.”
Dr. Wanda Staley, Morehead State University

Highlights of the Sixth Edition. . .

Updated with recent developments and ongoing issues of which the family therapy practitioner needs to be aware (Chapter 2).
Updated with new information about various approaches to family therapy (Chapters 6—13).
Increased emphasis on importance of training and supervision (Chapter 16).
Discussion of the most recent research findings as well as related methodological issues (Chapter 17).
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Providing a survey of the field, this textbook emphasizes a systematic theoretical perspective on marriage and family therapy. It outlines a systematic-cybernetic framework which seeks to understand people in the context of their environment. Vignettes, examples, current research findings, and applications illustrate the theories described and their implications for therapeutic practice. The authors have doctoral degrees, but no other credentials are noted. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Booknews

A course text explaining the basic tenets of systems theory and how it is applied to family therapy. First published in 1988, and here revised from the 1996 edition with discussions of two different histories and projections of the field, the influence of postmodernism on family therapy, a more broadly defined family, and other topics. Suggested reading lists and many of the therapy modalities have been moved to the instructor's manual. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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