Concise Guide To Marriage And Family Therapy (concise Guides)

Developed for use in the clinical setting, Concise Guide to Marriage and Family Therapy gives you core knowledge in the field in a single quick-reading, quick-reference volume. With brief, to-the-point guidance and step-by-step protocols, Concise Guide to Marriage and Family Therapy is an invaluable resource for the busy clinician and therapist in training. With the help of detailed indexes, fast-reading narrative, and lots of summary charts, you'll find the answers you need in seconds. Concise Guide to Marriage and Family Therapy puts the most essential information at your fingertips, with practical guidance on how to Create a family intervention plan --including making a diagnosis, developing a treatment contract, and applying an integrated model for intervention based on the latest research Manage the practical side of treatment --including logistics, fee setting, and combining therapy with other treatments such as medication and individual intervention Work with specific problems of couples --including evaluating and treating sexual dysfunction and helping couples manage separation and divorce Concise Guide to Marriage and Family Therapy offers you a wealth of practical guidance based on the latest research, condensed into a single information-packed reference. For the quick facts you need to make better clinical decisions for improved outcomes, you won't find a more useful tool. 1. Development Of The Field And Definitions -- 2. The Functional Family -- 3. Dysfunctional Families -- 4. Conducting A Family Evaluation -- 5. Formulating An Understanding Of The Famiy Problem Areas -- 6. Goals In Family Treatment -- 7. Family Treatment: Strategies And Techniques -- 8. The Course Of Family Therapy -- 9. Promoting Change In Family Treatment: Issues Of Alliance And Resistance -- 10. Family Treatment: General Considerations -- 11. Dysfunctional Couples And Couples Therapy -- 12. Marital And Sex Therapy -- 13. Separation And Divorce -- 14. Indication And Contraindication For Family Therapy -- 15. Ethical And Professional Issues In Family Therapy. Eva C. Ritvo, Ira D. Glick. This Concise Guide Was Developed In Part From Glick, I.d. ... [et Al.], Marital And Family Therapy, 4th Edition, Washington, D.c., American Psychiatric Press, 2000. -- T.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A guide to marriage and family therapy, this text covers such topics as: dysfunctional families; goal setting for the family; promoting change in family treatment; dysfunctional couples and couples therapy; and the evaluation and treatment of sexual dysfunctions.