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Informationen zum Autor JAY L. LEBOW is Senior Faculty Member at the Family Institute at Northwestern University and Adjunct Associate Professor at Northwestern University. He is past president of the APA's Division 43 (Family Psychology), an approved supervisor of AAMFT, and a former board member of the American Family Therapy Academy and American Board of Family Psychology. Klappentext The latest theory, research, and practice information for family therapyThe last twenty years have seen an explosion of new, innovative, and empirically supported therapeutic approaches for treating families. Mental health professionals working with families today apply a wide range of approaches to a variety of situations and clients using techniques based on their clinically and empirically proven effectiveness, their focus on specific individual and relational disorders, their applicability in various contexts, and their prominence in the field.In this accessible and comprehensive text, each chapter covers specific problems, the theoretical and practical elements of the treatment approach, recommended intervention strategies, special considerations, supporting research, and clinical examples. The contributors provide step-by-step guidelines for implementing the approaches described and discuss particular issues that arise in different couple, family, and cultural contexts.Handbook of Clinical Family Therapy covers treatment strategies for the most common problems encountered in family therapy, including:* Domestic violence* Adolescent defiance, anxiety, and depression* Trauma-induced problems* Stepfamily conflicts* ADHD disruption* Substance abuse in adults and adolescents* Couple conflict and divorce* Chronic illnessA detailed reference for today's best treatment strategies, the Handbook of Clinical Family Therapy brings together the top practitioners and scholars to produce an innovative and user-friendly guide for clinicians and students alike. Zusammenfassung The last twenty years have seen an explosion of new, innovative, and empirically supported therapeutic approaches for treating families. Noted scholar and clinician Jay Lebow has brought together master therapists to guide practicing therapists and students through treatment approaches for the most commonly seen family problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors xi Preface xv 1 Family Therapy at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century 1 Jay L. Lebow PART I Problems in Children and Adolescents 2 Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed and Anxious Adolescents 17 Guy S. Diamond 3 Family Therapy for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 42 Karen C. Wells 4 Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescents with Behavior Problems 73 viana E. Horigian, Lourdes Suarez-Morales, Michael S. Robbins, Mónica Zarate, Carla C. Mayorga, Victoria B. Mitrani, and José Szapocznik 5 Multisystemic Therapy for Adolescents with Serious Externalizing Problems 103 Sonja K. Schoenwald and Scott W. Henggeler 6 Multidimensional Family Therapy: A Science-Based Treatment for Adolescent Drug Abuse 128 Howard A. Liddle, Rosemarie A. Rodriguez, Gayle A. Dakof, Elda Kanzki, and Francoise A. Marvel 7 Functional Family Therapy for Externalizing Disorders in Adolescents 164 Thomas L. Sexton and James F. Alexander PART II Problems in Adults 8 Psychoeducational Multifamily Groups for Families with Persons with Severe Mental Illness 195 William R. McFarlane 9 Optimizing Couple and Parenting Interventions to Address Adult Depression 228 Maya Gupta, Steven R. H. Beach, and James C. Coyne 10 Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse 251 Gary R. Birchler, William Fals-Stewart, and Timothy J. O'Farrell 11 Making Treatment C...
