Family Therapy: An Introduction to Process, Practice, and Theory

by Michael D. Reiter

Overview

Family Therapy, second edition, is a fully updated and essential textbook that provides students and practitioners with foundational concepts, theory, vocabulary, and skills to excel as a family therapist.

This book is a primer of how family therapists conceptualize the problems that people bring to therapy, utilize basic therapeutic skills to engage clients in the therapeutic process, and navigate the predominant models of family therapy. The text walks readers through the process of thinking like a family therapist, and each chapter utilizes various learning tools to help the reader further understand and apply the concepts. Chapters explore the history, context, and dominant theories of family therapy, as well as diversity, ethics, empathy, structuring sessions, and assessment. Written in a comprehensive and approachable style, this text provides readers the foundational skills and tools essential for being a family therapist, and allows students and practitioners to work relationally and systemically with clients. The second edition widens its scope of the family therapy field with updated research and four brand-new chapters.

This is an essential text for introductory family therapy courses and a comprehensive resource for postgraduate students and the next generation of family therapists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040251683
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/25/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	452

About the Author

Michael D. Reiter, Ph.D., LMFT, is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, 30-year therapist, and a full-time faculty member for over 20 years. He currently teaches and supervises at Capella University.

Table of Contents

I. THINKING OF A FAMILY THERAPIST

Chapter 1 History of Family Therapy

Chapter 2 General Systems Theory

Chapter 3 Self of the Therapist

Chapter 4 The “Client”

Chapter 5 Considering Diversity

Chapter 6 Ethics of Family Therapy

II. SKILLS OF A FAMILY THERAPIST

Chapter 7 Beginning the Family Therapy Session

Chapter 8 Basic Empathy Skills

Chapter 9 Advanced Empathy Skills

Chapter 10 Mutualization

Chapter 11 Effective Use of Questions

Chapter 12 Use of Self in Therapy

Chapter 13 Dealing with Intensity

Chapter 14 Assessments (Kayleigh Sabo & Michael D. Reiter)

Chapter 15 Goal Setting & Termination

III. THEORY OF A FAMILY THERAPIST

Chapter 16 Intergenerational Family Therapies

Chapter 17 Experiential Family Therapies

Chapter 18 Strategic Family Therapies

Chapter 19 Systemic Family Therapies

Chapter 20 Postmodern Family Therapies

Chapter 21 Integrative Family Therapies

Chapter 22 Expansion of Family Therapy