Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination

by JoEllen Patterson, Lee Williams, Claudia Grauf-Grounds

Designed throughout to meet the developmental needs of the beginning family therapist, this handbook provides readers with the basic skills and tools necessary to become empathic, confident, and successful practitioners in today's rapidly changing field of family therapy. From initial client intake to the nuts-and-bolts of the interview, assessment, diagnosis, goal setting, treatment planning, intervention techniques, troubleshooting, and termination, the book translates current research findings into cogent recommendations for practice. Numerous case examples and sample treatment plans, forms, and questionnaires complement the text.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Counselling

250 pages, Hardcover

First published March 20, 1998

Reviews

[Maaziyar Golriz]

یکی از مهمترین واحدهایی که واقعا برای هر خانواده درمانگری لازم است دوره کارورزی با روانشناسی با تجربه تحت عنوان ناظر می باشد. متاسفانه تا جایی که من می دانم هیچ دانشگاهی در کشور ما دیگر این را ندارد.
این کتاب برای این دسته از روانشناس ها لازم است. روانشناس های با تجربه هم احتمالا چیزهایی از این یاد خواهند گرفت.

خلاصه اگر دانشجوی سال آخر خانواده درمانی هستید و یا تازه فارغ التحصیل شده اید و ترس از اشتباه کردن و آسیب زدن به مراجعان دارید. (چیزی که من داشتم و هنوز هم دارم اما نه مانند قبل) این کتاب را پیشنهاد می کنم.

[Andrew]

this is one of karens super nerdy doctor books ... she read it not me

[Pam]

Not bad, I like the break down of the book, seeming to touch on every aspect of how a couselor interacts with clients and applies it to Family therapy. Although I am now in my 3rd semester of grad school and there are chapters I have dealt with in other classes (such as the chapter on Assessment), it is still a nice overview.

[Angela]

Pretty good for a school textbook. ;)

[VocalBillity - the Voice of one crying in the Bewilderness (tm)]

This book is my coursework in my Doctor of Pastoral Psychology pursuit.

[Elizabeth]

Concise & easy-to-read book with clear examples and case study. Helpful for quick reminders in clinical practice.

[Chava]

a nice walk through family therapy sessions with some clear examples.