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Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques [Paperback]

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A complete guide for helping professionals, with tried-and-true techniques for practicing family counseling therapy

Now in its second edition, Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques is filled with up-to-date, systems-oriented techniques focused on field-tested results. Outlining the dos and don'ts of working with different types of families and the various complications, nuances, and complexities that can occur, this practical guide provides a broad and proven selection of interventions, processes, and guidelines for working interactively, systematically, and compassionately with families.

Working With Families, Second Edition covers a range of topics including:

  • Family work in different settings

  • Session-by-session guidelines

  • Therapeutic themes by family type

  • Managing adolescents in family sessions

  • Dealing with fear of family work

  • Family mapping

  • Strategic child assessment

  • Chemical dependence and its impact on families

Informed by the author's many years of experience in the field, both as a clinician and as a trainer, Working With Families, Second Edition offers an invaluable systems-oriented, goal-directed, problem-solving approach to family counseling therapy for all mental health professionals.

  • Paperback: 190 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (October 25, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470890479
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470890479
  • Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.3 x 10.8 inches
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Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques

PREFACE xi


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii

CHAPTER 1: FOUNDATION IDEAS 1


Introduction 2

Part 1: Concepts 3


Learning Family Counseling 3


Why FamilyWork? 4


Assumptions of a Family SystemsModel 5


The Systems Orientation in Theory 6


The Systems Orientation in Practice 7


The Systems Orientation in Concepts 8


Levels of Systems Interventions 9


Cause and Effect in Systems 11


The Systems-Oriented ProgramAssessment 12


Code of Ethics 13


Cultural Sensitivity 14


Uses of Family Counseling 16


Forms of FamilyWork 17


FamilyWork in Different Settings 18


Suggestions for Family Work in Different Settings 20


Rationales for This Approach 22


Bedrock Beliefs About Families 23


A Theory of Change 24


Children Raise Adults 25


Neglected Relationships in Family Counseling 26


Getting a Grip on the Obvious 27


Experience Is Primary 28


Too Many Variables 29


Too-Brief Family Counseling 30


Traveling Pairs of Concepts31


Research onMarital and Family Therapy 32

Part 2: Procedures and Processes 37


Recruiting Families for Counseling 37


Conducting the Initial Family Interview 40


Initial Interview Summary 42


Tips for the First Family Interview 43


Four Basic Tools for Family Counseling 44


General Guidelines 46


If the Presenting Problem Is a Child or Young Person 49


If the Presenting Problem Is a Marital or Couples Issue 51


General Clinical Suggestions 53


Session-by-SessionGuidelines 56


Session Checklist for Family Counseling 57

CHAPTER 2: SPECIAL SITUATIONS 58


Introduction 59


Therapeutic Themes by Family Type (Child Identified Patient) 60


Blended and Single-Parent Families 62


Blended Families: Tips for Two Common Scenarios 64


The Powerless Parent 65


The ParentalMind-Set 66


Parent-Child Enmeshment 67


"Split" Parenting 68


Parental Denial 69


Difficult Parents 70


Child Diagnosis in Plain English 71


The ThreeWorlds of the Adolescent 73


Managing Adolescents in Family Sessions74


Couples Work 75


Couples Counseling: Additional Tips 77


Closed Families 78


Friends as Family 79


Family Resistance 80

CHAPTER 3: COUNSELOR IDEAS 83


Introduction 84


Fear of FamilyWork 85


Inexperienced vs. Experienced Family Counselors 86


A Novice's First Family Interview 87


Counseling Style 89


Counselor Mistakes 92


Counselor Successes 93


Counselor Self-Disclosure 94


Induction Worksheet 95


Whose Family Stuff Is It? 96


Use of Self 97


Counselor Centrality 98


Colleague Consultation 99


Supervising FamilyWork 100


Review Lists for Family Counselors 101


Questions and Answers 105

CHAPTER 4: TECHNIQUES 106


Introduction 107


Alter Ego 108


Brief Network Intervention (BNI) 109


ChairWork 111


Circular Questions 112


Colleague Teamwork 113


Drawings 115


FamilyMapping 117


Family Questions in Individual Counseling 119


Guardrail 120


TheMIGS Sheet 121


New Talk 126


Paradox 127


Parent's Childhood 128


Reflecting Team 129


Reframing 130


Relabeling 133


Safe Rebellion 134


Sculpting and Movement 135


Sibling Talk 137


Strategic ChildAssessment 138


Strategic Predictions 139


Toybox 140


Worried Child 141


Summary of Systemic Techniques 142

CHAPTER 5: MULTIPLE FAMILY GROUPS 143


Introduction 144


Suggested Procedures for Multiple Family Groups 145


Family Recruitment for Multiple Family Groups 145


Clinical Tips 146


Therapeutic Activities 147

CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY IN FAMILIES 149


Introduction 150


A Working Definition of Chemical Dependency 151


Drugs of Abuse 152


Chemical Dependency 153


The Disease Concept 154


Indirect Signs of Chemical Dependency 155


Identification of Chemical Dependency in a Family 156


Questions for FamilyAssessment of Chemical Dependency 156


Treatment of Chemical Dependency 157


Recovery 158


Stages of Recovery 159


Recovery Plan 160


Families in Early Recovery 161


Relapse 162


Common Patterns in Chemically Dependent Families 163


Two Parent—CD Parent 164


Two-Parent—CD Adolescent 165


"Good" Kid "Bad" Kid 166


CD Single Parent 167


Single-Parent—CD Adolescent 168


The GoldenYears Trap 169


Adolescent Substance Abuse 171


Adolescent Substance Use Checklist 172


Co-Dependency 173


Couples Work for Chemical Dependency 174


WorkingWith Chemical Dependency in Families: 21 Guidelines 176


Family Counseling for Chemical Dependency: Summary 178


APPENDIX A: RESEARCH REFERENCES 179


APPENDIX B: PROBLEMS AND PAGE NUMBERS 182


GLOSSARY FOR FAMILY COUNSELING 183


RECOMMENDED READINGS 185


ABOUT THE AUTHOR 187


INDEX 189

This is a book for professional shrinks and I'm no professional, but I found it fascinating, extremely informative and very helpful. Mr. Edwards presents his subject is such a way that anybody can understand it. I know I did.

I like the way he simplifies things with lists and explanations that are very easy to follow. And I like how he talks about they way psychology used to look at problems and treatments and how they do today.

But particularly helpful to me was the chapter on chemical dependency. It's a problem I'm very familiar with, as I have suffered with cocaine addiction myself. I didn't have any help quitting, because I didn't want to admit I had a problem. I relapsed more times than I can count and I eventually hit bottom and clawed my way out of my addiction. It's been ten years since since I've used coke, five years since I've had the desire.

I do drink wine on occasion with dinner, maybe once a week, but that's it. I'm cured. But it would have been so much easier if I would have been able to admit to my addiction, if I would have had the kind of help talked about in this book, if I only could have seen the problem as Mr. Edwards outlines it.

Ah well, I'm better now, but if you are in a family with a member who is using and abusing, I recommend this book, even if you're not a professional, because after reading it, you'll see the problem for what it is and you'll have a pretty good idea about the kind of help you'll need.
By Island Dreamer
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One of the true masters in family therapy, Dr. Edwards provides a conceptual framework along with a host of practical techniques to help any therapist working with families improve their confidence, competence, and outcomes. Bravo!
By Irish Review
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