Mike Nichols' engaging yet thorough guide has long been the standard in family therapy.
The author describes and analyzes the field of family therapy, covering its history, schools, and developments. Numerous cases help readers appy theories to real situations and make the text even more engaging.
Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:
- Describe clinical approaches
- Understand old and new developments in the field of family therapy
- Analyze successes and failures in research and the impact on current clinical practices
- Compare different schools of family therapy and explain the contemporary status of distinct schools of therapy