Problem Solving Therapy : New Strategies for Effective Family Therapy

Haley, Jay

ISBN 10: 0061319910 / ISBN 13: 9780061319914

Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1985

About this Item

Publisher: Harper TorchBooks, 1985, Good, Soft Cover, ISBN: 0-06-131991-0.

Seller Inventory # 008034

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Problem Solving Therapy : New Strategies for Effective Family Therapy
• Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061319910
• ISBN 13: 9780061319914
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

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Synopsis

A classic that teaches you how to think in a contextually sensitive, directive, and goal-focused way. A highly readable and practical volume that focuses on solving problems within the context of the entire social unit--the family, the school, the community.

From the Back Cover

A “startling and pragmatic book”

“Whether a fine wine or a fine book, a true classic only improves with age. Such is the case with the second edition of Jay Haley’s still ‘startling and pragmatic book on family therapy.’.... Throughout, there is an interweaving of the conceptual and the practical, so that ultimately the book becomes an elegant ‘how-to’ exemplar for Haley’s approach to family therapy.... ‘Must’ reading.”
—Contemporary Psychology

In this ground-breaking book, Jay Haley focuses on solving human problems, achieving goals, and changing behaviors in reasonable amounts of time. Symptoms like depression and alcoholism are considered, not in isolation, but in the context of the entire social unit—the family, the school, the community. The mysterious process of therapy is clearly presented by a masterly and entertaining writer. For the first time in paperback, this modern classic is an indispensable guide for all those who help others.