The functional dialectic system approach to therapy for individuals, couples, and families
By: Moshe Almagor
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780816669554
Subjects: Family psychotherapy; Methods; Family Relations; Systems Theory; Couples therapy; Psychotherapy; Professional-Patient Relations; Family Therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-291) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: System : nature, role, structure, and communication; title: Dialectics; title: How the system protects and preserves itself; title: System development and life cycle; title: How the system changes; title: Joining and establishing therapeutic alliance; title: The envelope : joining; title: Disclosure; title: Resistance-impeding and facilitating therapy; title: Functional dialectic system view of symptom and psychopathology; title: Infidelity; title: Adolescent suicide; title: Enrichment and facilitation of therapy; title: Ending therapy and follow-up.