Working with families of the poor / Patricia Minuchin, Jorge Colapinto, Salvador Minuchin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minuchin, Patricia.

Contributor:

Colapinto, Jorge.

Minuchin, Salvador.

Series:

Guilford family therapy series.

The Guilford family therapy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family psychotherapy.

Family social work.

Poor--Services for.

Poor.

Dysfunctional families--Services for.

Dysfunctional families.

Social work with people with social disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This widely adopted text and practical guidebook presents the fundamentals of family-based intervention with clients struggling with chronic poverty-related crises and life stressors. Grounded in Salvador Minuchin's influential systemic model and the extensive experience of all three highly regarded authors, the book illustrates innovative ways for professionals within substance abuse, foster care, and mental health contexts to build collaboration with families and other helpers, and to elicit families' strengths.

Contents:

Fundamentals of family-oriented thought and practice

The new edition : elements of constancy and change

The framework : a systems orientation and a family-centered approach

Working in the system : family-supportive skills

Changing the system : family-supportive procedures

Implementing a family-oriented model in service systems

Substance abuse : a family-oriented approach to diverse populations

Foster care : children, families, and the system

The mental health of children

Moving mountains : toward a family orientation in service systems.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-12368-4

9786611123680

1-59385-632-6

OCLC:

437186635