Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Family Therapy: Concepts, Process and Practice (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology) [Kindle Edition]

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"Alan Carr has once more demonstrated his unique ability to combine an encyclopaedic breadth of knowledge with clear pragmatic ideas about how to apply this knowledge in clinical practice. The 2nd edition of this book is more than just an update with new sections on common factors in therapy and on integrative models of family therapy which are particularly welcome."
—Ivan Eisler, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK
Editor, Journal of Family Therapy

"Carr’s style of comprehensively considering different theories and approaches in a practical manner and demonstrating their integrative and cohesive properties is exceptionally helpful and grounding for the reader. There is little doubt that this volume will well serve students, trainees and experienced practitioners for sometime to come."
—Eddy Street, Former Editor of Journal of Family Therapy

Now in its second edition, Family Therapy: Concepts, Process and Practice has been fully updated to cover recent advances in theory and practice. It offers a critical evaluation of the major schools of family therapy, provides an integrative model for the practice of marital and family therapy, and demonstrates how this model can be used in everyday practice with a range of common child-focused and adult-focused problems. It also provides a thorough, up-to-date review of research on the effectiveness of family therapy and outlines implications for evidence-based practice.

This popular text now includes exercises that can be used by trainers and trainees to foster family therapy skills development. Other key features from the first edition are retained, including:

  • Chapter plans at the start of each chapter and a helpful summary of key points at the end
  • Suggestions for further reading
  • Glossary of key terms in theoretical chapters
  • Case examples
  • Full details of resources for professionals, including useful web sites.

Family Therapy: Concepts, Process and Practice is a must-have resource for all students and mental health professionals training in family therapy. It will also be of interest to experienced practitioners, and those who are involved in delivering training programmes.

  • File Size: 6884 KB
  • Print Length: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 2 edition (December 13, 2006)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B000W0YZYA
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,345,946 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Family Therapy: Concepts, Process and Practice

Another comprehensive and accessible resource book for family therapy students and for any therapists whose practice requires an understanding of family systems and/or couples. It offers a clear and cogent outline of the theories and history of the principal family therapy pioneers (Bowen, Bateson, et al.) and the different modern schools: systemic, structural, social constructionist, etc. As with his 'Child and Adolescent Psychology' [ASIN:041519492X The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology], it is Carr's style which makes this book so successful. He communicates the theory and facts comprehensively but not in a dry/boring manner; instead the material he offers is legible and comprehensible, with clear diagrams, summaries and a list of further reading material at the end of each chapter. There are no clinical case histories, etc. but instead there are frequent practical suggestions: further questions that may be asked, exercises to suggest, recommended reading on associated topics, etc. An ideal reference for practitioners and students.
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