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| About the Author | |
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| Foreword to the Third Edition | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Central Concepts in Family Therapy | |
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| Goals of Family Therapy across the Lifecycle | |
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| The Family Lifecycle | |
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| Lifecycle Stages Associated with Separation and Divorce | |
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| The Individual Lifecycle | |
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| Gender-role Development | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Lifecycles | |
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| Class, Creed and Colour | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Origins of Family Therapy | |
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| Movements: Child Guidance, Marriage Counselling and Sex Therapy | |
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| Disciplines: Social Work, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology | |
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| Group Therapy: Group Analysis, Encounter Groups, Psychodrama and Gestalt Therapy | |
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| Research Traditions: Work Groups, Role Theory and Schizophrenia | |
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| Gregory Bateson | |
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| Three Organising Themes: Behaviour Patterns, Beliefs and Contexts | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Theories that Focus on Behaviour Patterns | |
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| MR1 Brief Therapy | |
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| Strategic Family Therapy | |
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| Structural Family Therapy | |
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| Cognitive-behavioural Couple and Family Therapy | |
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| Functional Family Therapy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Theories that Focus on Belief Systems | |
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| Epistemology: Positivism, Constructivism, Social-constructionism, Modernism and Postmodernism | |
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| A Constructivist Approach to Family Therapy | |
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| Milan Systemic Family Therapy | |
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| Social-constructionist Developments | |
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| Solution-focused Therapy | |
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| Narrative Therapy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Theories that Focus on Contexts | |
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| Transgenerational Family Therapy | |
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| Psychoanalytic Family Therapy | |
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| Attachment-based Therapies | |
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| Experiential Family Therapy | |
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| Multisystemic Family Therapy | |
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| Psychoeducational Family Therapy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Integrative Models | |
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| Metaframeworks | |
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| Integrative Problem-centred Therapy | |
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| Integrative Problem-centred Metaframeworks | |
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| Attachment Narrative Therapy | |
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| Integrative Couple Therapy | |
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| Affective-reconstructive Couple Therapy | |
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| Integrative Applications within Specific Professions | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Processes in Family Therapy | |
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| The Stages of Family Therapy | |
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| Stage 1. Planning | |
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| Stage 2. Assessment | |
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| Stage 3. Treatment | |
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| Stage 4. Disengaging or Recontracting | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Formulating Problems and Exceptions | |
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| The Three-column Problem-formulation Model | |
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| The Three-column Exception-formulation Model | |
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| Questions to Ask when Constructing Three-column Formulations | |
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| Recursive Reformulation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Interventions for Behaviour, Beliefs and Contexts | |
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| Criteria for Selecting Interventions | |
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| Behaviour-focused Interventions | |
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| Interventions Focusing on Belief Systems | |
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| Interventions Focusing on Historical, Contextual and Constitutional Factors | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Family Therapy Practice with Child-and Adolescent-focused Problems | |
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| Conduct Problems | |
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| Systemic Model of Conduct Problems | |
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| Family Therapy for Conduct Problems | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Drug Misuse in Adolescence | |
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| Systemic Model of Drug Misuse in Adolescence | |
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| Family Therapy for Drug Misuse in Adolescence | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Family Therapy Practice with Adult-focused Problems | |
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| Distressed Couples | |
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| Systemic Model of Distressing Intimate Relationships | |
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| Couple Therapy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Depression and Anxiety | |
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| Depression | |
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| Anxiety | |
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| Systemic Model of Depression and Anxiety | |
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| Couple Therapy for Depression and Anxiety | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Research and Resources | |
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| Evidence-based Practice in Couple and Family Therapy | |
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| Overall Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Systemic Therapy | |
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| Child-focused Problems | |
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| Adult-focused Problems | |
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| Common Factors | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Professional Resources | |
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| Written Communication | |
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| Training Exercises | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |