Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families : From Old Problems to New Futures

Madsen, William C.

ISBN 10: 1572304901 / ISBN 13: 9781572304901

Published by Guilford Publications, Incorporated, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families : From Old Problems to New Futures
• Publisher: Guilford Publications, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572304901
• ISBN 13: 9781572304901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 2 ounces
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Synopsis

This volume describes an innovative approach to working with families who have not been well served by traditional mental health, social service, and medical systems. Critically examining many professional assumptions about "difficult" families, the book outlines clinical practices that facilitate a respectful, constructive, and effective therapeutic relationship. Highlighted are ways to engage reluctant clients, conduct nonpathologizing assessments, and help families develop communities of support. Of crucial importance, the author proposes that therapists move away from trying to identify and correct old problems. He focuses instead on how to support clients in envisioning desired futures and developing new lives. Including a wealth of compelling clinical material, the book raises important theoretical and political questions without becoming moralistic and promotes a strengths-based focus without romanticizing families or minimizing their difficulties.

About the Author

William C. Madsen, PhD, is Training Coordinator at the Family Institute of Cambridge. He has spent most of the last 20 years working in public sector mental health with "high-risk," multi-stressed families. Currently a provider of training and consultation to agencies and organizations, Dr. Madsen has developed and administered innovative programs that combine outpatient and home-based services. He has written and presented extensively about the development of strengths-based, collaborative partnerships between families and helpers.