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Overview
This comprehensive book provides a theoretical framework for understanding the dynamics of family disorders and establishes ways in which therapists can make an accurate evaluation, develop an effective treatment plan, and use specific skills in assisting troubled families. The author stresses how family therapy can improve and strengthen parent-child relations. The role of the therapist as an agent of change is viewed as essential in improving relationships among family members and restoring healthy functioning within the family system. The serious issues of domestic violence and child abuse are discussed as symptoms of disorder within the family structure that can be altered to prevent and eliminate destructive, violent behavior. The problem of incest is also analyzed, why and how it develops in certain families, and how family therapy can intervene to provide a safe, family environment for victims of sexual abuse. Social workers, therapists, and other concerned professionals engaged in the practice of family therapy will find this book to be an exceptionally useful guide for helping the families they serve in times of serious, overwhelming stress.Book Details
Published
October 1, 1997
Publisher
Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, c1997.
Pages
150
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780398067878