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com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted. Additional text benefits include: An engaging, accessible writing style keeps readers interested and informed. With this book as a guide, readers are able to: Describe various appropriate clinical approaches . Understand old and new developments in the field. Analyze successes and failures in research , and the impact on current clinical practices. Compare different schools of family therapy and explain the contemporary status of distinct schools of therapy.
The latest research and data is presented: Illustrative tables and forms summarize important information. NEW! A new research chapter (Ch. 14) including a discussion of why research has failed to influence practice and suggestions for bridging the research-practice gap is included . An emphasis on clinical practice puts readers into the everyday aspects of their work with families, including: NEW! New case studies illustrating the concepts, including the best cases of several invited master therapists. NEW! Discussions of the author''s observations of actual sessions with leading practitioners. NEW! Recommendations for establishing a fee-for-service private practice. NEW! Questions to ask when doing a genogram. NEW! Detailed guidelines for making a structural family therapy assessment.
NEW! More specific techniques used in object relations family therapy. NEW! A revised and expanded section on attachment theory. An up-to-date look at some of the most current issues in the field, including: NEW! Coverage of the Affordable Care Act. NEW! An expanded section on spirituality and religion . NEW! Using family sculpting . NEW! More specific interventions from the MRI approach . NEW! An expanded and updated section on families and technology .