The functional dialectic system approach to therapy for individuals, couples, and families [electronic resource] / Moshe Almagor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almagor, Moshe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Couples therapy.

Family psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The functional dialectic system approach to therapy has been widely embraced and is now used internationally, with individuals and couples as well as with families. It differs substantially from the common psychotherapeutic models that have prevailed in the West for more than a century. According to the system model, an individual who is in treatment is not considered to be the primary focus of interest but is seen instead as part of a social context, the network of relationships that play significant roles in his or her life. In this book, Moshe Almagor offers a comprehensive view of the cont

Contents:

System : nature, role, structure, and communication

Dialectics

How the system protects and preserves itself

System development and life cycle

How the system changes

Joining and establishing therapeutic alliance

The envelope : joining

Disclosure

Resistance-impeding and facilitating therapy

Functional dialectic system view of symptom and psychopathology

Infidelity

Adolescent suicide

Enrichment and facilitation of therapy

Ending therapy and follow-up.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4529-4689-2

0-8166-7851-0

OCLC:

748242159