The  family crucible
By: Augustus Y. Napier, with Carl A. Whitaker.
Contributors: Whitaker, Carl A.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Family psychotherapy -- Cases, clinical reports, statistics
Description: This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families-stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating, triangulation, blaming, and the diffusion of identity--and you will gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family therapy.
Notes: Includes index.                                                Bibliography: p. [292]-293.

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