1st Edition
Self In The System Expanding The Limits Of Family Therapy
By Michael P. Nichols
Copyright 1988
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1988. This thought-provoking volume offers a constructive critical analysis of family therapy for its neglect of the self in the system, and provides a therapeutic approach to clinical problems that takes into account both individual and family dynamics. The author shows that by elevating the metaphor of the system to dogma, family therapy has lost sight of much of the richness... Read more
Chapter 1 Finding the Family and Losing the Self; Chapter 2 The Problem of Change; Chapter 3 Interaction; Chapter 4 Empathy; Chapter 5 Assessment and Reassessment; Chapter 6 Interactional Psychodynamics; Chapter 7 Object Relations and Psychopathology; Chapter 8 Understanding; Chapter 9 Resistance; Chapter 10 Epilogue; Notes and References; Name Index; Subject Index;
Biography
Michael P. Nichols
