Working with Families

Guidelines and Techniques

von John T Edwards

208 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• ISBN: 9780470890479
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.10.2011
• Größe: 274 x 219 mm
• Verlag: Wiley