num_pages: 250
description: Designed throughout to meet the developmental needs of the beginning family therapist, this handbook provides readers with the basic skills and tools necessary to become empathic, confident, and successful practitioners in today's rapidly changing field of family therapy. From initial client intake to the nuts-and-bolts of the interview, assessment, diagnosis, goal setting, treatment planning, intervention techniques, troubleshooting, and termination, the book translates current research findings into cogent recommendations for practice. Numerous case examples and sample treatment plans, forms, and questionnaires complement the text.
language: English
title: Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination
titlecomplete: Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination
genres: Psychology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 168
publisher: The Guilford Press