Equilibrium Family Therapy: A Basic Guide for the Helping Professions - Hardcover

Huber, Charles H.; Driskill, Patricia G.

9780824511937: Equilibrium Family Therapy: A Basic Guide for the Helping Professions

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082451193X ISBN 13: 9780824511937

Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co, 1992

Equilibrium Family Therapy gives clear guidelines on how to decide when it is most effective to work with the family rather than with just one individual. The authors provide detailed information on how to conduct the counseling process through its various stages. According to the authors, as the primary unit of human society the family has a most significant impact on our early and continuing psychological development. This book is intended to assist those in the helping professions learn to practice from a family therapy perspective. As a basic means to do so, it takes a position that it is the equilibrium that occurs in balancing the problems or struggles with the strengths and resources within the individual members and the family unit that brings about optimal family functioning. Case examples with dialogue, and commentary make this an excellent resource for marriage and family, therapists.

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