Becoming a Family Counselor
A Bridge to Family Therapy Theory and Practice
Buch in deiner Nähe kaufen
Beschreibung
A complete and accessible resource for working with couples andfamilies
Becoming a Family Counselor sets a new standard for family therapytexts. Working from a broad historical orientation, it focuses onthe common themes that reappear across various theoreticalapproaches and connects family practice with individual approaches.Crossing boundaries of generation, gender, race, and culture, thisuseful introduction presents current thinking related to today'spractice issues.
The text begins with an overview of couple and family counseling,emphasizing the diversity and unity in the field. The developmentof the field is examined, from its roots in the nineteenth centurythrough its identity crisis in the 1980s. Subsequent chapters layout an integrated approach to contemporary family research, theory,and therapy; core chapters focus on understanding the contributionsof behavioral, organizational, narrative, emotional, and spiritualperspectives. The last section of the book offers practicalchapters on conducting family therapy in organizational contextsthat often define the client in individual terms. Readers areencouraged to balance a change orientation with a respect forcontinuity and tradition.
Complete with illuminating case studies, self-evaluation exercises,suggestions for independent study, and current ethics codes,Becoming a Family Counselor is a dynamic resource suitable for bothstudents and practicing mental health professionals.
Autor*in
Thomas W. Blume
Themen in »Becoming a Family Counselor«
Couples & Family Clinical Psychology Klinische Psychologie / Familien u. Paare Psychologie Psychology Psychotherapie u. Beratung Psychotherapy & Counseling