1st Edition

Family Therapy First Steps Towards a Systemic Approach

By John B Burnham Copyright 1986
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Family therapy is a rapidly expanding field. This book introduces a range of concepts, skills and applications from a systemic approach. The first part sets out the theory and examines relationship types, the family life cycle, interactional sequences and different models of change. The next section puts the theory into practice. It describes verbal and non-verbal techniques which are used to... Read more

PART I Theory, Concepts, 1 Relationships 2 Transitions 3 Punctuation 4 Models of therapy, PART II Practice , 5 Convening 6 Preparation 7 Interviewing I 8 Interviewing II 9 Intervening 10 Failure, PART III Agency context, Introduction to Part III 11 Integrating family therapy into a social work Agency, 12 Applications of family therapy in social work practice

Biography

John B.Burnham