Authors: Manfred Cierpka (Editor), Douglas H. Sprenkle (Editor), Volker Thomas
ISBN-13: 9780889372405, ISBN-10: 0889372403
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Cierpka (Institute of Psychosomatic Cooperative Research, U. of Heidelberg, Germany) et al. compile 13 essays by US and German scholars and practitioners on the study of families in therapy. Their goal is to gain insight by comparing psychological methods used in the two countries as well as two different theories about familypsychodynamic and systemic. The first two chapters give a foundation by discussing the definition of family and its different levels (individual, dyadic, and triadic). Subsequent contributions describe the preliminary interview process, family assessment, families in social context, families over many generations, the genogram (a diagram showing information about a family and its generations), and parenting. Case studies and key assessment questions are included. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1 | Introduction to family assessment | 3 |
2 | The three-level model of family assessment | 15 |
3 | First contact and preconditions for the initial interview : conducting the first interview | 35 |
4 | "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." | 53 |
5 | Initial interview with a family | 81 |
6 | The context of family assessment | 95 |
7 | The family's social world | 111 |
8 | The multigenerational perspective of family assessment | 129 |
9 | The family life cycle and the genogram | 159 |
10 | Assessment of parenting styles and behavior | 193 |
11 | Systemic assessment | 211 |
12 | Psychodynamic assessment | 231 |
13 | Family sculpture procedures | 257 |