Basic Family Therapy

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Oxford University Press, 1986 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 334 pages
Eclectic, readable, and up-to-date, this text highlights the strengths and limitations of the main contemporary schools of family therapy. The second edition is thoroughly revised, with new chapters on basic concepts in family therapy, how to establish treatment goals, and strategic and developed therapies as well as fuller coverage on healthy families and optimal family functioning, the different schools of family therapy, supervision and consultation, and how to deal with treatment interruptions.

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Contents

The Development of Family Therapy
1
Healthy Families and Their Development
19
Some Basic Theoretical Concepts
33
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TitleBasic Family Therapy
AuthorPhilip Barker
Edition2, illustrated, reprint
PublisherOxford University Press, 1986
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized5 Aug 2008
ISBN0195205162, 9780195205169
Length334 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Psychology / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family
Psychology / Psychotherapy / General
Science / Life Sciences / Botany
  
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