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List of contents
1.CONTEXTUAL THERAPY
Case: Work with a Psychotic Client and Her Family
2. INTEGRATED INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILY THERAPY
Case: A Single Parent with Depression and Anxiety
3. INTEGRATIVE COUPLE THERAPY
Case: A Distressed Couple with Intimacy Problems
4. PRAGMATIC COUPLE THERAPY: AN INFORMED PLURALISTIC APPROACH
Case: A Couple with Sexual and Financial Difficulties
5. STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY
Case: Four Cases of Dysfunctional Family Structures
6. THE BRIEF THERAPY APPROACH OF THE PALO ALTO GROUP
Case: An Adult Son Remains at Home
7. THE HUMANISTIC APPROACH OF VIRGINIA SATIR
Case: Rebuilding Connections in a Family Coping with Incest
8. MILAN SYSTEMIC FAMILY THERAPY
Case: Acting Out Children Provide a Shield for Marital Difficulties
9. STRATEGIC THERAPY
Case: Working with an Oppositional Child and Her Family
10. SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY
Case: A Substance Abusing Father and the Family
11. A POSTMODERN COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THERAPY
Case: A Distressed Family with Marital and Father/Daughter Relationship Problems
12. NARRATIVE THERAPY
Case: Alcoholism Undermines a Marriage
13. PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL FAMILY THERAPY
Case: A Child with Diabetes
14. CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS IN FAMILY THERAPY
About the author
Ph.D., 1981 University of North TexasPh.D., 1985 University of Virginia
Summary
This compendium of case studies is an exciting way for readers to learn about new approaches in this rapidly changing field. "Case Book in Family Therapy" is both practical and timely, and is both empirically and theoretically based. As new theories in family therapy rapidly emerge, these case studies examine the gamut of therapy models, including Solution-Focused Therapy, Collaborative Language Systems, and Narrative Theory. The Casebook also examines the increasing number of integrative approaches that blend together various existing therapy models based on empirical research and practical experience. This integrative coverage reflects the greater convergence, conceptually and technically, of distinct theories of family therapy.
The diverse scope of authors contributing to the Casebook all have extensive clinical and empirical experience with their selected theory, and some have had an affiliation with the major training center where specific theories have evolved. To bring their areas of expertise into the students' realm, contributing authors include extensive verbatims and commentaries that detail how the theories are implemented. Lawson and Prevatt sought, and found, a variety of couple and conjoint family cases that represent typical cases seen by practitioners.
