Foreword to the Third Edition xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xvii

Part One Central Concepts in Family Therapy 1

Chapter 1 Goals of Family Therapy across the Lifecycle 3

The Family Lifecycle 5

Lifecycle Stages Associated with Separation and Divorce 33

The Individual Lifecycle 41

Gender-role Development 48

Gay and Lesbian Lifecycles 49

Class, Creed and Colour 51

Conclusion 52

Further Readings 53

Chapter 2 Origins of Family Therapy 54

Movements: Child Guidance, Marriage Counselling and Sex Therapy 55

Disciplines: Social Work, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology 56

Group Therapy: Group Analysis, Encounter Groups, Psychodrama and Gestalt Therapy 57

Research Traditions: Work Groups, Role Theory and Schizophrenia 59

Gregory Bateson 62

Three Organising Themes: Behaviour Patterns, Beliefs and Contexts 74

Conclusion 76

Glossary 77

Further Readings 79

Chapter 3 Theories that Focus on Behaviour Patterns 81

MRI Brief Therapy 81

Strategic Family Therapy 91

Structural Family Therapy. 95

Cognitive-behavioural Couple and Family Therapy 98

Functional Family Therapy 101

Conclusion 104

Glossary 105

Further Readings 111

Chapter 4 Theories that Focus on Belief Systems 115

Epistemology: Positivism, Constructivism, Socialconstructionism, Modernism and Postmodernism 115

A Constructivist Approach to Family Therapy 125

Milan Systemic Family Therapy 130

Social-constructionist Developments 133

Solution-focused Therapy 137

Narrative Therapy 140

Conclusion 144

Glossary 146

Further Readings 154

Chapter 5 Theories that Focus on Contexts 160

Transgenerational Family Therapy 160

Psychoanalytic Family Therapy 170

Attachment-based Therapies 172

Experiential Family Therapy 180

Multisystemic Family Therapy 187

Psychoeducational Family Therapy 188

Conclusion 190

Glossary 191

Further Readings 199

Chapter 6 Integrative Models 202

Metaframeworks 202

Integrative Problem-centred Therapy 205

Integrative Problem-centred Metaframeworks 208

Attachment Narrative Therapy 209

Integrative Couple Therapy 210

Affective-reconstructive Couple Therapy 212

Integrative Applications within Specific Professions 214

Conclusion 215

Glossary 216

Further Readings 216

Part Two Processes in Family Therapy 219

Chapter 7 The Stages of Family Therapy 221

Stage 1. Planning 221

Stage 2. Assessment 225

Stage 3. Treatment 244

Stage 4. Disengaging or Recontracting 250

Conclusion 255

Further Readings 255

Chapter 8 Formulating Problems and Exceptions 256

The Three-column Problem-formulation Model 259

The Three-column Exception-formulation Model 267

Questions to Ask when Constructing Three-column Formulations 271

Recursive Reformulation 277

Conclusion 279

Further Reading 279

Chapter 9 Interventions for Behaviour, Beliefs and Contexts 280

Part Three Criteria for Selecting Interventions 280

Behaviour-focused Interventions 284

Interventions Focusing on Belief Systems 299

Interventions Focusing on Historical, Contextual and Constitutional Factors 307

Conclusion 320

Further Readings 320

Family Therapy Practice with Childand Adolescent-focused Problems 321

Chapter 10 Conduct Problems 323

Systemic Model of Conduct Problems 326

Family Therapy for Conduct Problems 332

Conclusion 344

Further Readings 345

Chapter 11 Drug Misuse in Adolescence 346

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