This cutting-edge second edition of The Craft of Family Therapy revisits some of Salvador Minuchin’s most famous cases, guiding trainee therapists through basic techniques and ideas while illuminating the unique voice of Minuchin as the founder of Structural Family Therapy. The book begins by teaching readers the fundamentals of family therapy through the lens of rich commentary from Salvador Minuchin on some of his most interesting cases. It then moves on to three detailed supervision transcripts from Minuchin’s former students, illustrating the struggles, fears, and insecurities that new family therapists face and how they can overcome them. In a new, ground-breaking third section, Reiter and Borda share their own lessons from Minuchin as well as expand his influential ideas, emphasizing a strength-based family therapy approach. Written in an accessible, practical style, The Craft of Family Therapy, 2nd edition draws on a wealth of fascinating case examples to bring Minuchin’s theory and experience to today’s family therapists and psychotherapists in practice and training.
Upon finishing this book, students will have the foundational skills and knowledge needed to work relationally and systemically with clients.
This popular text helps students and clinicians build essential skills common to all family interventions.
New to This Edition *All chapters revised, with new case studies throughout. *Sidebars on common challenges facing new clinicians: self-doubt, the emotional experience of working with distressed families, and more. *Increased attention to ...
Featuring rich case examples, this book has helped tens of thousands of students and therapists build the skills and confidence needed to tackle the full range of issues that families bring to therapy.
... and evidence-based therapy, 63 Affiliation, 35 African Americans, 22–23 and tripod of three cultures, 26 Age, and family subsystems, 35 Agencies, family service, 88 foster care (see Foster care) Aggression: avoidance of (in case), ...
Now he explains in close detail those precise and difficult maneuvers that constitute his art. The book thus codifies the method of one of the country's most successful practitioners.
No other book in the field so fully combines vivid clinical examples, specific details of technique, and mature perspectives on both effectively functioning families and those seeking therapy. The views...
Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners Robert Taibbi ... Taibbi Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families, Second Edition William C. Madsen Working with Families of the Poor, Second Edition Patricia Minuchin, ...
In P.J. Guerin (Ed.), Family therapy: Theory and practice (pp. 432-448). New York: Guilford Press. Aponte, H. J. (1994). Bread & spirit: Therapy with the new poor: Diversity of race, culture, and values. NewYork: Norton.
And yet, although this is such a common experience, many counselors and family therapists are not adequately equipped to advise parents on whether to include a child in therapy sessions.