Essential skills in family therapy : from the first interview to termination

Summary: "An ideal clinical resource and text, this volume provides students and new therapists with the basic skills and tools necessary to become empathic, confident, and successful practitioners in today's rapidly changing field of family therapy. Easing the transition from academic expertise to therapeutic competence, chapters take readers step by step through the entire therapy process. Numerous case examples and sample treatment plans, forms, and questionnaires complement the text." "Offering a wealth of eminently useful "how-to" information, this comprehensive guide is designed throughout to meet the developmental needs of the beginning family therapist."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781572303072 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1572303077 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 250 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Guilford, c1998.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

1. The Beginning Family Therapist: Taking on the Challenge -- 2. Before the Initial Interview -- 3. The Initial Interview -- 4. Guidelines for Conducting Assessment -- 5. Developing a Treatment Focus -- 6. Basic Treatment Skills -- 7. Working with Families and Children -- 8. Working with Couples -- 9. When a Family Member Has a Mental Illness -- 10. Getting Unstuck in Therapy -- 11. Termination -- 12. Family Therapy in the Future: Pertinent Issues for Beginning Clinicians.