Metaframeworks : Transcending the Models of Family Therapy

Breunlin, Douglas C.; Schwartz, Richard C.; Kune-Karrer, Betty Mac

ISBN 10: 0787910708 / ISBN 13: 9780787910709

Published by Jossey-Bass, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Metaframeworks : Transcending the Models of Family Therapy
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787910708
• ISBN 13: 9780787910709
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An Innovative Approach to Family Therapy

This breakthrough book takes you beyond the theoretical boundariesthat currently constrain family therapy and leads instead to aninnovative approach. The authors analyze the different orientationsof family therapy schools and provide a foundation forunderstanding the fundamental concepts that underlie allapproaches. By integrating these multiple models of therapy, ormetaframeworks, you can improve the flexibility andcomprehensiveness of your treatment?without having to abandon yourtraining. Full of practical ideas, methods, and examples,Metaframeworks offers a wealth of guidelines for applying theseinnovative strategies to a wide range of clinical problems andpopulations.

About the Author

DOUGLAS C. BREUNLIN is vice president and chief operating officer of the Family Institute at Northwestern University.

RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ is a member of the senior faculty of the Family Institute at Northwestern University.

BETTY MAC KUNE-KARRER is director of the Family Systems Program of the Institute for Juvenile Research and clinical associate in psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.