Couples and family therapy in clinical practice / Ira D. Glick [and three others] ; with forewords by Ellen M. Berman and Lloyd I. Sederer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glick, Ira D., 1935-

Glick, Ira D., author.

Berman, Ellen M., author of introduction, etc.

Sederer, Lloyd I., author of introduction, etc.

Standardized Title:

Marital and family therapy (Glick)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family psychotherapy.

Marital psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Wiley 2015

Summary:

Couples and Family Therapy in Clinical Practice has been the psychiatric and mental health clinician's trusted companion for over four decades. This new fifth edition delivers the essential information that clinicians of all disciplines need to provide effective family-centered interventions for couples and families. A practical clinical guide, it helps clinicians integrate family-systems approaches with pharmacotherapies for individual patients and their families. Couples and Family Therapy in Clinical Practice draws on the authors' extensive clinical experience as well as on the scientific literature in the family-systems, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and neuroscience fields.

Contents:

Series

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Reference

Preface

Background

Fifth Edition Changes

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

A Guide for Using the Text

Section I: Family Therapy in Context

Chapter 1. The Field of Couples and Family Therapy: Development and Definition

Objectives for the Reader

Introduction

Development of the Family Therapy Field

Definition of Couples and Family Therapy

Core Concepts

Differentiation of Family Therapy From Other Psychotherapies

Clinical Practice Implications

Suggested Reading

References

Chapter 2. Family Life in Historical and Sociological Perspective Objectives for the Reader

Structure and Function of the American Family

Immigration

Ethnicity

Secular View of Marriage; Structures of Marriage

Divorce

The Functional Single-Parent Family

Stepfamilies

LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) Couples

Parenting in Post-modern Relationships

Family Types

Social Class

Aging of the Population

The Changing Family Life Cycle

Clinical Practice Implications

References

Section II: Functional and Dysfunctional Families

Chapter 3. Understanding the Functional FamilyObjectives for the Reader

The Family as a System

The Couples/Marital and Family Life Cycle

The Family Life Cycle

Family Tasks

Family Belief Systems

Family Resilience

Suggested Readings

Chapter 4. Understanding the Functional Family in a Variety of Family Forms

Impact of an Extended Individual Life Cycle

Marriage

Binuclear Families

Remarriage and Blended Families

Stepfamilies (Blended Families)

Grandparent-Headed Families

Lesbian, Gay, or Transgendered Families Parents with a Gender Non-conforming Child

Multiple-Partner Fertility Families

Adoption and Families

Interracial Families

Trends in Parenting

Clinical Practice Implications; Suggested Reading

Chapter 5. Problems and Dysfunction from an Integrated Family Systems Perspective

Introduction: The Dysfunctional Family System

A Systems Approach to Problems and Dysfunction

Family Beliefs and Myths

The Larger Social System and Dysfunction

Implications for Treatment-The Development of Symptoms in a Particular Person

Life Cycle Problems and DysfunctionTask Performance in the Dysfunctional Family

Section III: Family Evaluation

Chapter 6. The Process of Evaluation

Who to Include in the Family Evaluation

Progression of the Family Evaluation Interview

Dimensions of Couple and Family Assessment

Working with a Systemic Model of Change

Role of Historical Material

Role of Individual and Family Diagnoses

Chapter 7. The Content of Evaluation

Section IV: Family Treatment

Section V: Couples Therapy

Section VI: Family Treatment When One Member Has a Psychiatric Disorder or Other Special Problem

Section VII: Results of an Guidelines for Recommending Family Therapy

Section VIII: Ethical, Professional, and Training Issues.

Objectives for the Reader

Notes:

Revision of: Marital and family therapy / Ira D. Glick ... [et al.]. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118897249

1118897242

9781118897218

1118897218

9781118897232

1118897234

OCLC:

932334543