"As the clinical trainer and supervisor at a community mental health center I am often asked to train clinicians educated in different disciplines to do family therapy. Frequently, the mere notion of managing more than one client in the room, managing clients of different ages, or managing the intensity of family interactions is intimidating for clinicians of any experience level who are just coming to family work. Taibbi''s revised edition of his original 1996 book would be a useful place to start for both beginning family therapists and clinicians from other disciplines beginning to do family therapy.Experienced clinicians just coming to family therapy work will find the chapters with case studies specifically describing work with children, adolescents, and couples particularly useful."-- Journal of Marital and Family Therapy   "The active verb in the title is for real: this is a book about what to do, how and why to do it, and how to make it succeed. In case after rich case, Taibbi provides the often-ignored small details and observations that make the difference between success and failure. Especially useful for young therapists eager to master family therapy, Doing Family Therapy, Second Edition is an amazing trove of clinical wisdom, logistical clarity, and personal integrity. Of all the family therapy books out there, this may be the most useful, focused, practical one of them all.

"--David B. Waters, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia   " Doing Family Therapy, Second Edition , is a wonderful combination of pragmatic suggestions and inspiration for therapists for living a balanced personal and professional life. The strategies and advice provided are solid and easily understandable, but not superficial. This is an excellent guide for use in beginning family therapy courses, as well as wonderful reading for those in the trenches who need specific interventions or new perspectives to enhance their professional survival and growth."--Carol M. Anderson, PhD, Western Psychiatric Institute and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   "We have used the first edition of this text in the advanced year of our MSW program for almost 10 years. It is exquisitely human, useful, and informative. My students'' comments say it best: ''A breath of fresh air''; ''Didn''t seem like a textbook''; ''Full of "aha!" moments''; ''Honest, real, and open''; ''Definitely not a sell-back book''; ''More like a conversation than a lecture''; ''Helpful and practical''; ''Loved the humor''; ''Gave me hope that yes, I can do family therapy''; and, my all-time favorite, ''It was so good it became my bedtime reading!'' I can''t wait for the second edition!"--Miriam L.

Freeman, PhD, University of South Carolina College of Social Work   "For both the novice and the seasoned family therapist, Doing Family Therapy, Second Edition , is a must read. In a lucid, simple style, Taibbi explores and reveals the profound complexity of how to be an effective family therapist in this new era of changing family structures, diverse family cultures, and the huge array of possible treatment approaches. A wealth of case examples and personal exercises encourage readers to delve into their own experience as both clinicians and as members of their own family systems, in order to more fully understand their impact on the people they treat. I will make this book required reading for all my students and treasure it for myself."--David C. Treadway, PhD, private practice, Weston, Massachusetts "Taibbi''s book offers direct, clear, and practical counsel about the difficult work we do with couples and families. It efficiently reviews the practice essentials and demonstrates their application with elegance and wisdom. His ''basic seven'' offers solid benchmarks to help us stay on target (and not get lost or overwhelmed) as the work unfolds.

His illustrations are confidence boosters that tell us ''we can do it too.'' I especially appreciate his view of therapy as process and his suggestions on ''staying sane.'' My students in Advanced Family Therapy loved the book, and so do I."--Peter A. D. Sherrard, LMFT, LMHC, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Counselor Education, University of Florida.