Family Dynamics in Individual Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Strategies

by Ellen F. Wachtel, Paul L. Wachtel

Demonstrates in rich clinical detail just how the incorporation of ideas and methods from family therapy can enrich the work of most therapists.

Genres: Psychology

258 pages, Paperback

First published December 19, 1985

Reviews

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sound insights into applying family systems theory to individual client cases, and brief (too brief, maybe) discussion of useful techniques (shaping, reinforcing, reframing, prescribing the symptom) from behavioral and strategic therapies. The Wachtels are good writers who balance the poetry/wonder of psychodynamics with the pragmatism of CBT.

[Paul Gibney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slogged it out. This was a decent text, and would be quite useful to early career psychotherapists wondering how to deal with the client’s perceptions of their intimate partners and relatives.