An Introduction to Family Therapy - composed by Dean Amory
This is the presentation of the new, extended and improved version of “An Introduction to Family Therapy”, your reference guide containing detailed information about all important facets of family therapy: schools and methods, strategies used, structure and content of family therapy sessions, stages, basic techniques, influential people, history of family therapy,…
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http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Jaimelavie?searchTerms=family+therapyThe manual provides extended background information about history and development of marital and family therapy and describes the lives and careers of the principal pioneers and leaders in the field.
Ample attention is given to the most important contemporary models and schools of schools:
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Brief Strategic Family Therapy·
Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse·
Solution Focused Brief Therapy·
Brief Psycho Therapy·
Psycho-analytiuc Family Therapy·
Strategic Family Therapy·
Bowen’s Strategic Family Therapy·
Salvador Minuchin’s Structural Family Therapy·
Virginia Satir’s Humanistic Family Therapy·
Behavioural & Conjoint Family Therapy·
Milan Systemic Family Therapy or Long Brief Therapy·
Response Based Family Therapy·
Contextual Family Therapy·
Narrative Family Therapy·
Problem Centered Systems Family Therapy·
Experiential Family TherapyFollowing basic Techniques used in Family Therapy are described in detail:
ACCOMMODATION
AFFECTIVE CONFRONTATION
ASKING PERMISSION
BEGINNER’S MIND
BOUNDARY FORMATION
ADDING COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
1. ADVICE AND INFORMATION
2. PRAGMATIC FICTIONS
3. PARADOX
COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES
1. MATCHING THE CLIENT’S LANGUAGE
2. MATCHING SENSORY MODALITIES
3. CHANNELING THE CLIENT’S LANGUAGE
4. USE OF VERB FORMS
5. GIVE CLOSE EXAMINATION TO THEIR LANGUAGE AND YOURS.
COMMUNICATION SKILL-BUILDING TECHNIQUES
1. REFLECTING
2. REPEATING
3. FAIR FIGHTING TECHNIQUES
4. TAKING TURNS EXPRESSING FEELINGS
5. NONJUDGMENTAL BRAINSTORMING
6. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
CONCLUSION
CONFIRMATION OF A FAMILY MEMBER:
DEFRAMING
DETRIANGULATION
DIAGNOSING
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF
DISEQUILIBRIUM TECHNIQUES
1. REFRAMING:
3. BOUNDARY MAKING
4. PUNCTUATION:
4. UNBALANCING:
LESSONS IN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
EMOTIONAL CUT-OFF
THE EMPTY CHAIR
ENACTMENT
FAMILY CHOREOGRAPHY
FAMILY CONTRACT
FAMILY COUNCIL MEETINGS
FAMILY FLOOR PLAN
FAMILY LIFE CYCLE
FAMILY PHOTOS
FAMILY SCULPTING
FAMILY SYSTEM STRATEGIES
THE GENOGRAM
GOAL SETTING
ICEBREAKER COMPLIMENT OR POSITIVE STATEMENT
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION-GATHERING TECHNIQUES
1. THE GENOGRAM
2. FAMILY PHOTOS
3. FAMILY FLOORPLAN
INTENSITY
INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES
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RELATIONSHIP EXPERIMENTS.·
COACHING.·
I-POSITIONS.·
DISPLACEMENT STORIES.·
TAKING SIDE & MEDIATING.·
THE EMPTY CHAIR·
FAMILY COUNCIL MEETINGS·
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES·
PRESCRIBING INDECISION·
PUTTING THE CLIENT IN CONTROL OF THE SYMPTOM·
SPECIAL DAYS, MINI-VACATIONS, SPECIAL OUTINGS·
PROBLEM SOLVING·
FAMILY CONTRACTS·
REFRAMING·
PUNCTUATION·
UNBALANCING·
RESTRUCTURING·
ENACTMENT·
BOUNDARY FORMATION·
WORKING WITH SPONTANEOUS INTERACTION·
INTENSITY·
SHAPING COMPETENCE·
ADDING COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTIONSINVOLUNTARY CLIENT SHEMA
JOINING
1. TRACKING:
2. MIMESIS:
3. CONFIRMATION OF A FAMILY MEMBER:
4. ACCOMODATION:
5. MAINTENANCE
NORMALIZATION
OBSERVATION
POSITIVE CONNOTATION
PARADOXICAL INJUNCTIONS
PRAGMATIC FICTIONS
PRESCRIBING INDECISION
PROBLEM TRACKING
PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES
PROBLEM DISSOLUTION
PUNCTUATION
PUTTING CLIENT IN CONTROL OF THE SYMPTOM
QUESTIONS
1. THE MIRACLE QUESTION:
2. FAST-FORWARDING QUESTIONS
3. THE EXCEPTION QUESTION:
4. STRATEGIC BASIC QUESTIONS:
5. PROVOCATIVE QUESTIONS:
6. SCALING QUESTIONS AND PERCENTAGE QUESTIONS
7. EXCEPTION SEEKING QUESTIONS
8. COPING QUESTIONS
9. OPEN QUESTIONS
10. PROCESS QUESTIONS.
11. LINEAR QUESTIONS
12. CIRCULAR QUESTIONS
15. PROBLEM TRACKING QUESTIONS
16. CONVERSATIONAL QUESTIONS
17. FRAMING QUESTIONS
18. DEFRAMING QUESTIONS
REFRAMING
REFRAMING PROBLEM DEFINITIONS
RESTRUCTURING
SHAPING COMPETENCE
USE OF SILENCE
SPECIAL DAYS, MINI-VACATIONS, SPECIAL OUTINGS
WORKING WITH SPONTANEOUS INTERACTION
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
TRACKING
UNBALANCING
INTRODUCING UNCERTAINTY
UTILIZATION STRATEGY
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The structure, strategies and different stages of the Family Therapy Process are discussed.
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The Systemic Family Therapy Manual that is part of this introduction, provides a detailed survey of therapy outlines, goals and checklists for initial , middle and end sessions of a systemic Family Therapy.
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Appendixes include samples of appointment letter, video consent, referrer letter, post assessment letter, closing letter, session notes record form and diagnostic interview outline.
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