An Introduction to Family Therapy
2nd Edition
Published on 1. June 2005
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978-0-335-22470-8 (ISBN)
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Description
This is a comprehensive and up to date introduction to the theory and practice of systemic family therapy, offering an overview of the core conceptual framework, illustrated throughout by lively examples drawn from clinical practice. The book has been carefully designed as a teaching tool, and includes a set of resources which can be used by individual readers or as part of teaching workshops. This new edition has been comprehensively updated throughout. Key additions and changes include: more on the evidence base for the effectiveness of family therapy, a stronger focus on attachment and psychodynamic perspectives, an entirely new chapter on systemic formulation, and an entirely new chapter on practice development 2000-2004.
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Rudi Dallos is Programme Director and Reader in Clinical Psychology on the Plymouth University doctoral training course in clinical psychology. He is also a consultant clinical psychologist specialising in therapeutic work with adolescents and their families in Somerset. His other books with Open University Press include: Couples, Sex and Power (with Sally Dallos), Researching Psychotherapy and Counselling (with Arlene Vetere) and Attachment Narrative Therapy.
Ros Draper is a therapist and teacher who has made major contributions to the development of family therapy in Britain over the last 30 years. As Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Tavistock Clinic, London, and the Institute of Family Therapy, London, she has worked in both adult and child psychiatric settings. Ros chairs for the Institute of Family Therapy and Birkbeck College, University of London their course in a Systemic Approach to Management and Consultation and has a private practice in Hampshire where she sees individuals, couples, families and organizations.
Ros Draper is a therapist and teacher who has made major contributions to the development of family therapy in Britain over the last 30 years. As Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Tavistock Clinic, London, and the Institute of Family Therapy, London, she has worked in both adult and child psychiatric settings. Ros chairs for the Institute of Family Therapy and Birkbeck College, University of London their course in a Systemic Approach to Management and Consultation and has a private practice in Hampshire where she sees individuals, couples, families and organizations.
Content
List of figures
Notes on the authors
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements - Rudi Dallos
Acknowledgements and dedication - Ros Draper
Introduction
The first phase - 1950s to mid-70s
The second phase - mid-1970s to mid-1980s
The third phase - mid-1980s to 2000
Ideas that keep knocking on the door: emotions, attachments and systems
Systemic formulation
Current practice development 2000-2005: conversations across the boundaries of models
Research and evaluation
Reflections and critique 2005
Postscripts
Topic reading lists
Formats for exploration
Glossary of terms
References
Index
Notes on the authors
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements - Rudi Dallos
Acknowledgements and dedication - Ros Draper
Introduction
The first phase - 1950s to mid-70s
The second phase - mid-1970s to mid-1980s
The third phase - mid-1980s to 2000
Ideas that keep knocking on the door: emotions, attachments and systems
Systemic formulation
Current practice development 2000-2005: conversations across the boundaries of models
Research and evaluation
Reflections and critique 2005
Postscripts
Topic reading lists
Formats for exploration
Glossary of terms
References
Index