Family therapy
Subtitle: concepts and methods
By: Michael P. Nichols with Richard C. Schwartz ; foreword by Salvador Minuchin.
Contributors: Schwartz, Richard C.
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Family psychotherapy.; Family Therapy.
Description: This edition emphasizes contemporary approaches such as narrative and solution-focused therapies, and highlights such issues as poverty, social class, ethnicity, and spirituality. There is more emphasis on clinical practice, with clinical examples added throughout the book. There are new chapters on Integrative Models and on Research in Family Therapy. The new chapter on Integrative Models includes information on working with family violence and conducting community family therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.