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List of contents
1. Introducing Methods of Family Assessment 2. The Family Life Space Drawing: History and Development of the Process 3. Theories Behind the Family Life Space Process 4. Ten Steps to complete the Family Life Space Drawing (FLSD) 5. Interpreting the Symbolic Representations of the Family Life Space Drawing 6. The Individual Family Life Space Drawing (FLSD) 7. Family Life Space Drawing (FLSD): Examples with Couples 8. Family Life Space Drawing (FLSD) with Families 9. Family Life Space Drawing (FLSD) in Various Counseling Settings 10. Family Life Space Drawing and Research: Past, Present, and Future
About the author
Theresa A. Beeton,Phd, LCSWpractices as a social worker with a wide range of counseling experience. Currently she is in private practice working with couples and families. Herpast professional experiences includework with adoptions, foster care, crisisintervention, as well as many mental health conerns. Additionally, she has taught social workersand mental health students in three different university settings.
Ronald A.Clark, MSW, LCSW is a private practitioner in the areaof couple counseling and family therapy. In addition to providing direct services to clients of all ages and backgrounds, he has been a faculty member of The Catholic University of America teaching graduate students of social work. He came to the mental health field after serving as a Marine Corps officer.
Summary
Assessing Family Relationships shows mental health professionals how to utilize the Family Life Space Drawing (FLSD), a family assessment tool that incorporates information from multiple family members while building connections between the clinician and the client.
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"For therapists who want an introduction to the history of assessment processes and a thorough presentation of an operative family assessment model, they can find no better one than Family Life Space Drawing by Beeton and Clark. This experienced couple offer a process that is comprehensive and effective for all therapists working with couples and families who want to update their assessment skills."
Harville Hendrix, Ph. D. and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph. D. authors of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples.
"Beeton and Clark have made a remarkable contribution to pioneering family therapy assessment resources. Their publication is dedicated to the Family Life Space Drawing, a graphic multilevel assessment instrument. It effectively assists in identifying and utilizing reciprocal and complex communication feedback loops. The authors provide an easy-to-read review of the measure’s origins which is backed by theoretical constructs and research. This user-friendly manual includes individual, couples, and family multicultural and international examples taken from a variety of settings. This is an excellent resource for family therapy educators, researchers, and clinicians alike."
Noah Hass-Cohen, PsyD, MA, ATR-BC, Associate Professor, Couples Family Therapy Masters and Doctoral Programs, California School of Professional Psychology
