Assessment of couples and families
Subtitle: contemporary and cutting-edge strategies
By: edited by Len Sperry
Contributors: Sperry, Len
Series: The family therapy and counseling series
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Family assessment; Marital psychotherapy; Family psychotherapy; Couples -- Psychology
Description: "Compelling case material that illustrates assessment tools and strategies along with side-by-side summary profiles (matrices) that provide instant comparisons make this an easy-to-reference text. An invaluable resource for practicing clinicians, professors, and students, Assessment of Couples and Families is destined to be the benchmark in the field of family assessment and therapy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Basic considerations and models; title: Assessment of couples and families : basic considerations / Len Sperry; title: Assessment models with couples and families / James Bray; title: General strategies; title: Qualitative strategies in couple and family assessment / Maureen Duffy and Ronald Chenail; title: Standardized psychological inventories with families and couples / Rodney Nurse and Len Sperry; title: Observational assessment of couples and families / Robert Hampson and Robert Beavers; title: Clinical outcomes assessment of couples / Len Sperry; title: Specific applications; title: Couples assessment strategies and inventories / Dennis Bagarozzi and Len Sperry; title: Child and family assessment strategies and inventories / Lynelle Yingling; title: Child custody and divorce assessment strategies and inventories / Sylvia Fernandez and Sloane Veshinski; title: Family violence assessment strategies and inventories / William Friedrich, Erna Olafson, and Lisa Connelly; title: Postscript and future prospects; title: Couple and family assessment : postscript and future prospects / Luciano L'Abate