Handbook of Clinical Family Therapy by Jay L. Lebow
Handbook of Clinical Family Therapy - Edited by Jay L. Lebow
Wiley | ISBN: 0471431346 | September 2005 | 648 pages | Bookmarked PDF | 5.25 MB
The latest theory, research, and practice information for family therapy!
The 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 illness
A 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.
Contents
Contributors xi
Preface xv
1 | Family Therapy at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century 1
PART I: Problems in Children and Adolescents
2 | Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed and Anxious Adolescents 17
3 | Family Therapy for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 42
4 | Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescents with Behavior Problems 73
5 | Multisystemic Therapy for Adolescents with Serious Externalizing Problems 103
6 | Multidimensional Family Therapy: A Science-Based Treatment for Adolescent Drug Abuse 128
7 | Functional Family Therapy for Externalizing Disorders in Adolescents 164
PART II: Problems in Adults
8 | Psychoeducational Multifamily Groups for Families with Persons with Severe Mental Illness 195
9 | Optimizing Couple and Parenting Interventions to Address Adult Depression 228
10 | Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse 251
11 | Making Treatment Count: Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Clinical Work with Problem Drinkers 281
12 | Family Therapy: Working with Traumatized Families 309
PART III: Couple Relationship Difficulties
13 | Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy 329
14 | Brief Integrative Marital Therapy: An Interpersonal-Intrapsychic Approach 353
15 | Creating Secure Connections: Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy 384
16 | Domestic Violence-Focused Couples Treatment 406
17 | Treating Affair Couples: An Integrative Approach 431
18 | Couple Sex Therapy: Assessment, Treatment, and Relapse Prevention 464
PART IV: Relationship Difficulties in Families
19 | Family Therapy with Stepfamilies 497
20 | Integrative Family Therapy for Families Experiencing High-Conflict Divorce 516
21 | Differentiation and Dialogue in Intergenerational Relationships 543
22 | An Integrative Approach to Health and Illness in Family Therapy 569
23 | Families in Later Life: Issues, Challenges, and Therapeutic Responses 591
Author Index 611
Subject Index 621