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Preface | |
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The Systemic Framework | |
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Two Different Worldviews | |
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The Framework of Individual Psychology | |
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The Framework of Systemic Family Therapy | |
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Basic Concepts of Systems Theory and Cybernetics | |
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Family Therapy or Relationship Therapy? | |
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Summary | |
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The Historical Perspective | |
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Planting the Seeds: The 1940s | |
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Cybernetics | |
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Development of Interdisciplinary Approaches | |
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Gregory Bateson | |
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Putting Down Roots: The 1950s | |
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Bateson (Continued) | |
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The Double-Bind Hypothesis | |
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Nathan Ackerman | |
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Murray Bowen | |
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Carl Whitaker | |
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Theodore Lidz | |
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Lyman Wynne | |
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Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy | |
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John Elderkin Bell | |
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Christian F. Midelfort | |
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Overview of the 1950s | |
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The Plant Begins to Bud: The 1960s | |
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Paradigm Shift | |
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MRI | |
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Salvador Minuchin | |
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Other Developments | |
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Blossom Time: The 1970s | |
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Psychodynamic Approaches | |
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Natural Systems Theory | |
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Experiential Approaches | |
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Structural Approaches | |
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Strategic Approaches | |
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Communication Approaches | |
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Behavioral Approaches | |
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Gregory Bateson | |
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Connecting and Integrating: The 1980s | |
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Other Voices | |
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The Limits of History | |
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Controversy, Conflict, and Beyond: The 1990s | |
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The Feminist Critique | |
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Family Therapy and Family Medicine | |
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Integration and Metaframeworks | |
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Managed Care | |
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The Twenty-First Century: Future Considerations and Concerns | |
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Summary | |
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The Paradigmatic Shift of Systems Theory | |
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A Cybernetic Epistemology | |
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Recursion | |
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Feedback | |
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Morphostasis/Morphogenesis | |
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Rules and Boundaries | |
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Openness and Closedness | |
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Entropy/Negentropy | |
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Equifinality/Equipotentiality | |
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Communication and Information Processing | |
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Relationship and Wholeness | |
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Goals and Purposes | |
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Cybernetics of Cybernetics | |
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Wholeness and Self-Reference | |
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Openness and Closedness | |
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Autopoiesis | |
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Structural Determinism | |
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Structural Coupling and Nonpurposeful Drift | |
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Epistemology of Participation | |
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Reality as a Multiverse | |
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Summary | |
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Postmodernism and Family Therapy | |
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Postmodernism in Historical Perspective | |
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Constructivism and Social Constructionism | |
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Deconstruction and the Role of Language | |
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The Role of the Individual | |
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The Debates | |
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First-Order versus Second-Order Therapy | |
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Postmodernism and Cybernetics | |
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Self-Referential Inconsistencies and Other Challenges | |
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The Role of the Family | |
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Summary | |
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The Family: Process, Development, and Context | |
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Process Dimensions | |
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Developmental Frameworks | |
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Contextual Issues | |
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Structural Variations | |
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Cultural Variations | |
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Other Diversity Issues | |
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Ecological Considerations | |
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Summary | |
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The Practice of Family Therapy | |
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Psychodynamic Approaches | |
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Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Object Relations Family Therapy | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Natural Systems Theory | |
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Murray Bowen | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Experiential Approaches | |
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Carl Whitaker | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Walter Kempler | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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The Structural Approach | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Structure | |
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Subsystems | |
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Boundaries | |
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The Family over Time | |
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Structural Maps of the Family | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Goals of Structural Therapy | |
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The Process of Change | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Communication Approaches | |
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Early Researchers | |
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Don D. Jackson | |
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John H. Weakland | |
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Paul Watzlawick | |
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Review of Early Research | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Virginia Satir | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Strategic Approaches and the Milan Influence | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Three Examples | |
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Jay Haley | |
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Cloe Madanes | |
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Milan Systemic/Strategic Therapy | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Behavioral/Cognitive Approaches | |
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Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs | |
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Definitions | |
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Theory of Health/Normalcy | |
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Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions | |
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Traditional Behavioral Strategies/Interventions | |
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Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies/Interventions | |
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Four Examples | |
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Behavioral Parent Training | |
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Behavioral Marital Therapy | |
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Functional Family Therapy | |
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Conjoint Sex Therapy | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Postmodern Approaches | |
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The Reflecting Team: Tom Andersen | |
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Solution-Oriented Therapy: William O'Hanlon | |
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Solution-Focused Therapy: Steve de Shazer | |
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Externalization and Reauthoring Lives and Relationships: Michael White and David Epston | |
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Therapeutic Conversations: Harlene Anderson and Harry Goolishian | |
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Systemic Consistency | |
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Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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The Systemic Practitioner | |
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Family Assessment | |
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History | |
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Family Assessment and Classification--General Models | |
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Family Assessment and Classification--Scientific Approaches | |
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Family Assessment and Classification--Some Concerns | |
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Systemic Analysis/Multidimensional Assessment | |
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Therapeutic Intervention and Strategies | |
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A Theory of Change | |
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Reframing | |
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Paradoxical Interventions | |
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Problem Formation/Resolution | |
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Stochastic Processes | |
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Perturber versus Change Agent | |
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Meaningful Noise | |
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Language and Worldviews | |
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Stability and Change | |
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Information and Perturbation | |
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The Theory of Change, Meaningful Noise, and the Postmodernist Perspective | |
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Ethical Issues | |
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AAMFT Code of Ethics | |
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Ethics and Cybernetics of Cybernetics | |
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Training and Supervision | |
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Teaching and Learning the Systemic/Cybernetic Perspective | |
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Supervision: Modalities, Myths, and Realities | |
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Training and Supervision | |
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Supervision from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective | |
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Research in Family Therapy | |
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Family Therapy Research in the Logical Positivist Tradition | |
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From Efficacy Research to Progress Research | |
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A Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodernist Consideration of Quantitative and Qualitative Research | |
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A Systems View of Research | |
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The New Physics | |
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Implications for the Social Sciences | |
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Ramifications of a Cybernetic Perspective | |
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Epistemological Challenges: Thinking about Our Thinking | |
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Mind and Nature/Stories | |
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Conceptual Pathologies | |
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Problems Exist "Out There" | |
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The Map Is the Territory | |
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Defining Differences in Isolation | |
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Independence/Autonomy and Unilateral Control | |
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You Can Do Just One Thing | |
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Control Is Possible | |
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We Can Just Observe | |
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The Paradox of Being a Systemic Therapist | |
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Contemporary Challenges | |
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Teaching and Learning the Cybernetic Perspective | |
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In Conclusion | |
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References | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |