Title:
Family therapy : a systemic integration
Author:
Becvar, Dorothy Stroh.
ISBN:
9780205446940
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Edition:
6th ed.
Publication Information:
Boston : Pearson Allyn and Bacon, ©2006.
Physical Description:
xvii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
The Systemic Framework -- Two Different Worldviews -- The Framework of Individual Psychology -- The Framework of Systemic Family Therapy -- Basic Concepts of Systems Theory and Cybernetics -- Family Therapy or Relationship Therapy? -- The Historical Perspective -- Planting the Seeds: The 1940s -- Cybernetics -- Development of Interdisciplinary Approaches -- Gregory Bateson -- Putting Down Roots: The 1950s -- Bateson (Continued) -- The Double-Bind Hypothesis -- Nathan Ackerman -- Murray Bowen -- Carl Whitaker -- Theodore Lidz -- Lyman Wynne -- Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy -- John Elderkin Bell -- Christian F. Midelfort -- Overview of the 1950s -- The Plant Begins to Bud: The 1960s -- Paradigm Shift -- MRI -- Salvador Minuchin -- Other Developments -- Blossom Time: The 1970s -- Psychodynamic Approaches -- Natural Systems Theory -- Experiential Approaches -- Structural Approaches -- Strategic Approaches -- Communication Approaches -- Behavioral Approaches -- Gregory Bateson -- Connecting and Integrating: The 1980s -- Other Voices -- The Limits of History -- Controversy, Conflict, and Beyond: The 1990s -- The Feminist Critique -- Family Therapy and Family Medicine -- Integration and Metaframeworks -- Managed Care -- The Twenty-First Century: Continuing Concerns and Emerging Trends -- The Paradigmatic Shift of Systems Theory -- A Cybernetic Epistemology -- Recursion -- Morphostasis/Morphogenesis -- Rules and Boundaries -- Openness and Closedness -- Entropy/Negentropy -- Equifinality/Equipotentiality.
Abstract:
"This comprehensive, yet user-friendly survey of the field of marriage and family therapy takes a holistic view and looks at people within the context of their environment. The systemic-cybernetic framework helps readers understanding people and families in context. The text - divided into three sections including "The Systemic Framework," "The Practice of Family Therapy," and "The Systemic Practitioner"--Includes historical information, current developments, and ongoing debates. Various family and developmental theories are integrated into a "dynamic process model" for viewing and understanding family interactions and relationships. The family therapy models considered include psychodynamic, natural systems, experiential, structural, communications, strategic, and behavioral/cognitive as well as several postmodern approaches. Within the context of practice, Assessment; Intervention; Training/Supervision; Research; and Epistemological Challenges are described and discussed."--Publisher's website.
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