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Informationen zum Autor John W. Thoburn, Thomas L. Sexton Klappentext This significant book explains why family psychology-an entirely different field from family therapy-provides a cutting-edge description of human behavior in context and as such represents the wave of the future in psychology. Family Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice is the definitive introductory text on family psychology, a fast-growing specialty and increasingly dominant voice for the field in the 21st century. Authors John W. Thoburn, PhD, ABPP, and Tom Sexton, PhD, ABPP, have created the first introductory book focused on this specialty, laying the groundwork that students as well as developing therapists can use to understand the basics of family psychology.This single-volume book makes the history and development of family psychology relevant to contemporary research and practice, explaining how the ecosystemic approach of family psychology provides a cutting-edge description of human behavior in context and as such is the most promising field in psychology. It addresses the history, research, theory, treatments, diagnoses, and assessment of family psychology; ethics and supervision along with related areas such as systems sex therapy; family forensic psychology; international family psychology; and systems consultation, providing a comprehensive overview of the career and practice of family psychology. Family Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice also identifies how it differs from the individualistic therapy of traditional psychology and how it differs from the field of marriage and family therapy. Chapters include vignettes from family sessions that effectively illustrate the issues being addressed and examine the significance of gender, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Inhaltsverzeichnis IllustrationsPreface: Looking through the Systemic LensAcknowledgments Section I: Family Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice Chapter 1. What Is Family Psychology?Defining Family PsychologyThe "Praxis" of Family PsychologyBecoming a Family PsychologistConclusions: What Is Next?Chapter 2. The Systemic Epistemology of Family PsychologyRevolution and Evolution: From the Individual to the SystemSystems Epistemology: The Core of Family PsychologyStructures and Processes of Relational SystemsEvery System Is More Than the Sum of the PartsImportance of Context: The Place of Culture and Diversity in Systemic ThinkingUnifying Threads of Family PsychologyConclusions: What Is Next?Chapter 3. Through the Systemic Lens: Families, Problems, and ChangeThe Role of TheoriesThe Pioneering Theories of Family PsychologyRelational Family Systems: Systemic Perspectives on Families' Relational SystemsA Systemic View of Clinical ProblemsConclusions: What Is Next?Chapter 4. The Scientific Foundations of Family PsychologyScience and the Scientific MethodDomains of Family Psychology ResearchTypes of Family Psychology ResearchWhat Is Good Family Psychology Research?What Do We Know about What We Do?Support for the Epistemological PerspectiveDo Family Psychology Clinical Interventions Work?Being a Scientist-Practitioner-Based Family PsychologistThe Research-Practice DialecticConclusions: What Is Next? Section II: The Clinical Practice of Family Psychology Chapter 5. Mapping the Territory of Clinical PracticeMapping the Territory of Therapeutic Change in Family PsychologyClinical Interventions in Family PsychologyProcess of ChangeConclusions and What Is Next?Chapter 6: Case Planning and Clinical AssessmentThe Role of Clinical Assessment and Clinical Case PlanningWhat This All Means and What Is Next?Chapter 7: Family-Focused Clinical Intervention ModelsTheoretically Based ModelsEvidence-Based Clinical Intervention ModelsConclusions: What Is Next?Chapter 8. Couple-Focused Clinical Intervention ModelsTheoretically Based ModelsEvidence-Based ApproachesThoughts, Comments, and What's Next? Section III: The Pr...
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John W. Thoburn, Thomas L. Sexton
