Family Therapy
Models and Techniques
- Janice M. Rasheed - Loyola University Chicago, USA
- Mikal N. Rasheed - Chicago State University, USA
- James A. Marley - Loyola University Chicago, USA
This text will enable students to gain beginning proficiency as a family therapist along with understanding the impact of a client’s race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender issues, age, socioeconomic status, disability, and differences from the “traditional” family on family assessment and intervention.
The book has six goals, as follows:
- acquaint students with the theoretical underpinnings of various approaches to assessing and intervening with families
- assist students in understanding the similarities, differences and strategies of change among the major models of family therapy
- introduce the student to the current available research on the effectiveness of different approaches to family intervention - help students assess family functioning from a life cycle perspective and make a valid plan, taking into account client’s race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender issues, age, socioeconomic status, disability, and differences from the “traditional” family
- help students develop techniques and strategies related to stages of the intervention in family therapy
- enable the student to critique the appropriateness of the theoretical models and its intervention techniques according to family developmental factors as well as the particular needs of the family.
An exciting book examining family therapy from a range of approaches. An essential text for family and couple therapists to expand their knowledge of althernative approaches to family work. It was a pleasure to see humanistic approaches alongside systemic and psychodynamic, to name a few. The writing style, although rich in technical detail, is accessible and readble.
Excellent overview of all family therapy models. Can use as basis of course before students go to literature to get latest updates.
