Counseling and Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice - Hardcover

Gladding, Samuel T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0023441216 ISBN 13: 9780023441219

Publisher: Macmillan USA, 1994

Synopsis

The most thorough and well-written text in the field, Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice, covers all aspects of working with families. Beginning with an explanation of how individual and family life cycles differ and how healthy and dysfunctional families operate regardless of structure or ethnicity, the author clearly covers the basic processes involved in treating couples and families before delving into a dozen theoretical ways of treating families. Readers will learn about the history of family therapy, multicultural aspects of family therapy, ways of working with various types of families, ethical and legal issues involved in family therapy, and ways of assessing families. 

 

Thoroughly updated and revised, the fifth edition is logically organized into three sections–Understanding Families and Family Dynamics, Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Families, and Professional and Clinical Issues in Family Therapy. Each chapter has an abundance of examples and case studies, and discussion questions included at the end of each chapter help to engage class participation.

About this title

About the Author:

Samuel T. Gladding is chair of and a professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University. He is a Fellow in the American Counseling Association (ACA) and served as its president in 2004-2005. He is the author of numerous publications, including over two dozen books on counseling.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0023441216
• ISBN 13: 9780023441219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 454