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This comprehensive, yet user-friendly survey of the field of marriage and family therapy takes a holistic view and looks at people within the context of their environment. The systemic-cybernetic framework helps readers understanding people and families in context. The text — divided into three sections including "The Systemic Framework," "The Practice of Family Therapy," and "The Systemic Practitioner" — includes historical information, current developments, and ongoing debates. Various family and developmental theories are integrated into a “dynamic process model” for viewing and understanding family interactions and relationships. The family therapy models considered include psychodynamic, natural systems, experiential, structural, communications, strategic, and behavioral/cognitive as well as several postmodern approaches. Within the context of practice, Assessment; Intervention; Training/Supervision; Research; and Epistemological Challenges are described and discussedtopContents
Preface Part I The Systemic Framework 1 Two Different Worldviews The Framework of Individual Psychology The Framework of Systemic Family Therapy Basic Concepts of Systems Theory and Cybernetics Family Therapy or Relationship Therapy Summary 2 The Historic Perspective Planting the Seeds: The 1940s Cybernetics Development on Interdisciplinary Approaches Gregory Bateson Putting Down Roots: The 1950s Bateson (Continued) The Double Bind Hypothesis Nathan Ackerman Murray Bowen Carl Whitaker Theodore Lidz Lyman Wynne Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy John Elderkin Bell Christian F. Midelfort Overview of the 1950s The Plant Begins to Bud: The 1960s Paradigm Shift The MRI Salvador Minuchin Other Developments Blossom Time: The 1970s Psychodynamic Approaches Natural Systems Theory Experiential Approaches Structural Approaches Communication Approaches Behavioral Approaches Gregory Bateson Connecting and Integrating: The 1980s Other Voices The Limits of History Controversy, Conflict, and Beyond: The 1990s The Feminist Critique Family Therapy and Family Medicine Integration and Metaframeworks Managed Care The Twenty-First Century: Continuing Concerns and Emerging Trends Summary 3 The Paradigmatic Shift of Systems Theory A Cybernetic Epistemology Recursion Feedback Morphostasis/Morphogenesis Rules and Boundaries Openness/Closedness Entropy/Negentropy Equifinality/Equipotentiality Communication and Information Processing Relationship and Wholeness Goals and Purposes Cybernetics of Cybernetics Wholeness and Self-Reference Openness and Closedness Autopoiesis Structural Determinism Structural Coupling and Nonpurposeful Drift Epistemology of Participation Reality as a Multiverse Summary 4 Postmodernism and Family Therapy: Postmodernism in Historical Perspective Constructivism and Social Constructionism Deconstruction and the Role of Language The Role of the Individual The Debates First-Order versus Second-Order Therapy Postmodernism and Cybernetics Self-Referential Inconsistencies and Other Challenges The Role of the Family Summary 5 The Family: Process, Development, and Context Process Dimensions Developmental Frameworks Contextual Issues Structural Variations Cultural Variations Other Diversity Issues Ecological Considerations Summary part II The Practice of Family Therapy 6 Psychodynamic Approaches Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective Object Relations Family Therapy Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective 7 Natural Systems Theory Murray Bowen Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective 8 Experiential Approaches Carl Whitaker Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective Walter Kempler Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective 9 The Structural Approach Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Structure Subsystems Boundaries The Family Over Time Structural Maps of the Family Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Goals of Structural Therapy The Process of Change Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective 10 Communication Approaches Early Researchers Don D. Jackson John H. Weakland Paul Watzlawick Review of Early Research Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective Virginia Satir Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective 11 Strategic Approaches and the Milan Influence Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Three Examples Jay Haley Cloé Madanes Milan Systemic/Strategic Therapy Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective 12 Behavioral/Cognitive Approaches Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs Definitions Theory of Health/Normalcy Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions Traditional Behavioral Strategies/Interventions Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies/Interventions Four Examples Behavioral Parent Training Behavioral Marital Therapy Functional Family Therapy Conjoint Sex Therapy Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective 13 Postmodern Approaches The Reflecting Team: Tom Andersen Solution-Oriented Therapy: William O’Hanlon Solution-Focused Therapy: Steve de Shazer Externalization and Reauthoring Live and Relationships: Michael White and David Epston Therapeutic Conversations: Harlene Anderson and Harry Goolishian Systemic Consistency Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective part III The Systemic Practitioner 14 Family Assessment History Family Assessment and Classification — General Models Family Assessment and Classification — Scientific Models Family Assessment and Classification — Some Concerns Systemic Analysis/Multidimensional Assessment 15 Therapeutic Intervention/Perturbation A Theory of Change Reframing Paradoxical Intervention Problem Formation/Resolution Stochastic Processes Perturber versus Change Agent Meaningful Noise Language and Worldviews Stability and Change Information and Perturbation The Theory of Change, Meaningful Noise, and the Postmodernist Perspective Ethical Issues AAMFT Code of Ethics Ethics and Second-Order Cybernetics 16 Training and supervision Teaching and Learning the Systemic/Cybernetic Perspective Supervision: Modalities, Myths, and Realities Legal and Ethical Issues in Training and Supervision Supervision from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodernist Perspective 17 research in family therapy Family Therapy Research in the Logical Positivist Tradition From Efficacy Research to Progress Research A Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodernist Consideration of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Systemic Consistency The New Physics Implications for the Social Sciences Ramifications of a Cybernetic Perspective 18 epistemological challenges: Thinking about our thinking Mind and Nature/Stories Conceptual Pathologies Problems Exist “Out There” The Map is the Territory Defining Differences in Isolation Independence/Autonomy and Unilateral Control You Can Do Just One Thing Control is Possible We Can Just Observe The Paradox of Being a Systemic Therapist Continuing Challenges More on Teaching and Learning the Cybernetic Perspective In Conclusion References Name Index Subject Index topFeatures
- Provides a user-friendly guide to understanding the world of family therapy and the process of shifting from an individual psychology paradigm to a systemic/cybernetic paradigm.
- Presents a theoretical map that allows for a vision of a totally conjoined universe.
- Encourages students to learn how to think and behave in a manner that is self-referentially consistent.
- Explicates and uses systems theory as an integrating framework for understanding the theory and practice of family therapy.
- Builds a bridge between a systemic/cybernetic epistemology and postmodernism.
- Provides essential information for individuals preparing to take the national licensing exam in marriage and family therapy.
- Provides vignettes, examples, illustrations and applications to enhance understanding of family therapy from a systems theory perspective.
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