Description: This text and professional resource offers an alternative approach to thinking about and working with "difficult" families. From a nonpathologizing stance, William C. Madsen demonstrates creative ways to help family members shift their relationship to longstanding problems; envision desired lives; and develop more proactive coping strategies. Anyone working with families in crisis, especially in settings where time and resources are scarce, will gain valuable insights and tools from this book. New to This Edition: *Incorporates the latest practice innovations*Many new case illustrations.*Appendices providing outlines for crafting collaborative assessments, therapy contracts, and other documentation that enhances accountability while also engaging clients and eliciting their strengths. Introduction: Reflective Practice in Frenzied Times 1. Working with Multi-Stressed Families: Recognizing the Importance of Relational Stance 2. What We See Is What We Get: Reexamining Our Assessment Process 3. Collaboration Is a Two-Way Street: Engaging Reluctant Families 4. Developing a Proactive Vision to Guide Clinical Work: Collaborative Therapy Contracts 5. Collaborative Inquiry: An Anthropological Approach to Intervening with Families 6. Examining the Relationship between Clients and the Problems in Their Lives 7. Helping Clients Shift Their Relationship to Problems and Develop Preferred Lives 8. Developing Communities to Support New Lives 9. Solidifying New Lives through Therapeutic Documents 10. Sustaining a Collaborative Practice in the Real World Appendices: A. One Example of a Strength-Based Assessment Outline. B. Questions to Assess Externalized Problems Rather Than Families. C. Considerations in Collaborative Therapy Contracts. D. An Interview Outline to Consolidate Alternative Stories. E. Coauthoring Termination/Consolidation Summaries with Clients.
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EAN: 9781593854348
UPC: 9781593854348
ISBN: 9781593854348
MPN: N/A
Number of Pages: 388 Pages
Publication Name: Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families
Language: English
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Publication Year: 2007
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Social Work, Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Psychiatry / General, Dysfunctional Families, Psychotherapy / Counseling
Features: Revised
Item Weight: 18.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Author: William C. Madsen
Item Length: 9 in
Series: The Guilford Family Therapy Ser.
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
