Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods by Michael P. Nichols, Richard C Schwartz

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Basic Approach:

Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods is the definitive classic text in the field of family therapy. The first textbook written for family therapy, it continues to be the most authoritative and comprehensive. By covering all major schools and developments in family therapy, students receive a thorough grounding in the profession. Numerous case studies throughout the text help students understand the link between history, theory, and practice.

New to This Edition:

At the heart of the changes in this new edition of Family Therapy are Chapters 6 and 7 on solution-focused and narrative therapy. These chapters have been completely revamped and expanded, taking a more sympathetic, detailed approach to  these therapies and including much new case material.

Other changes in the new edition include:

• NEW! Chapter 4 discusses the basic techniques of family therapy 

• Expanded coverage in Chapter 6 provides a detailed exploration of Jay Haley’s
  strategic therapy

• NEW! Section in Chapter 8 covers play therapy techniques with young children

• Extended case study in Chapter 10 demonstrates the step-by-step practice of
  cognitive-behavioral therapy

• NEW! Section in Chapter 11 incorporates feminist family therapy practice

• NEW! Chapter 16 addresses the role of research in understanding what works
  best in family therapy

• Clinical technique emphasized throughout for a more consistent focus

  Also by Michael Nichols: Assessing Families and Couples: From
Symptom to System,  ISBN:  0-205-47012-2, by Dr. Salvador
Minuchin, Michael P. Nichols, College of William and Mary, and

Wai Yung Lee, HKU Family Institute

A step-by-step guide to assessing couples and families, Assessing
Families and Couples, offers a clear delineation of the process of
family therapy through richly illustrated case material, featuring
clients from diverse backgrounds.

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The full scope of family therapy is described, including its history, the classic schools, and recent developments. Revisions include an expanded treatment of the cognitive-behavioral approach, a richer description of the research literature, and a more thorough and consistent emphasis on clinical techniques throughout. Chapters cover Bowen, experiential, psychoanalytic, and structural family therapy; the evolution of brief therapy; narrative therapy; integrative models; comparative analysis; and family therapy research. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Product Details

• ISBN: 0205543200
  
• ISBN-13: 9780205543205
• Format: Textbook Hardcover, 560pp
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
• Pub. Date: October 2007
• Edition Description: New Edition
• Edition Number: 8
• Sales Rank: 4,870

• Table of Contents

Table of Contents