Family therapy : history, theory, and practice /
spine title : Family therapy.
Samuel T. Gladding, Wake Forest University.
- Sixth edition.
- xxiv, 503 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references : (pages 433-481) and indexes.
The history of family therapy : evolution and revolution -- The theoretical context of family therapy -- Types and functionality of families -- Working with single-parent and blended families -- Working with culturally diverse families -- Ethical, legal, and professional issues in family therapy -- The process of family therapy -- Couple and marriage therapy and enrichment -- Transgenerational therapies : psychodynamic family theory and Bowen family systems theory -- Experiential family therapy -- Behavioral and cognitive behavioral family therapies -- Structural family therapy -- Strategic family therapies -- Solution-focused therapy and narrative family therapy -- Working with substance-related disorders, domestic violence, and child abuse -- Research and assessment in family therapy.