Treating People in Families: An Integrative Framework (The Guilford Family Therapy Series). Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Treating People in Families: An Integrative Framework (The Guilford Family Therapy Series)

A compassionate and useful work for practitioners and students of family therapy, this book presents a treatment framework that is compatible with a wide variety of therapeutic techniques. Focusing on the development over time of the family life cycle--from marriages in formation to the "post-parental couple"--William C. Nichols explores the unique challenges and opportunities that each stage of family life presents. Enhanced by illuminating case studies and the author's own deeply personal insights, this lively volume covers the therapy relationship, assessment modalities, techniques of engagement, and termination.

Divided into two main sections, the book first offers a theoretical overview of family therapy. The volume builds on systems concepts, as well as psychodynamic and behavioral principles, to offer a truly integrative view of therapy with families. Outlining his integrative approach--which incorporates the pioneering work of Harry Stack Sullivan, W. R. D. Fairbairn, and Nathan Ackerman--the author stresses the need to consider the force of the individual human personality in treatment. The development over time of the family life cycle--is then explored in detail, as Nichols details the clinical implications of this approach.

The second section focuses on evaluation and treatment. In-depth chapters demonstrate how to apply the approach during the various stages of the family's developmental life cycle, covering everything from planning therapy and defining goals to performing effective diagnosis and assessment and giving feedback to clients. Addressing therapy with families in formation, the book explores the dimensions of marriage through Nichols' "five C's": commitment, caring, communication, conflict/compromise, and contracts. One chapter deals with the bread and butter issues of family therapy, covering the variety of problems that can occur among parents and children of various ages. A poignant discussion of post-parental couples explores grief, loss, and other issues associated with aging. The book also provides a wealth of useful advice for treating problems that arise with divorce and remarriage. Throughout, special attention is given to ethical considerations in therapy, the responsibilities of both the therapist and clients, and issues of gender and ethnicity.

Combining an overview of the family therapy process with detailed case material, this invaluable resource will expand the horizons of front-line psychotherapists seeking to increase their knowledge and hone their clinical skills for work with individuals, couples, and families as they move through the lifespan. Accessible and practical, the work is also an excellent primary text for graduate students of family therapy.

A veteran clinician whose professional career has spanned both the academic and clinical spheres in the field of marriage and the family as well as in psychology, William C. Nichols, Ed.D., is a former President of both the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and of the National Council on Family Relations. A Fellow, Clinical Member, and Approved Supervisor of the AAMFT and a Charter Member of the American Family Therapy Academy, he is a licensed clinical psychologist in Michigan and a Diplomate in Clinical, American Board of Professional Psychology, and a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. He has been in fulltime private practice for nearly 20 years and supervised post-doctoral, doctoral, and masters students in Marriage and Family Therapy programs and post-degree professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and others) for nearly 30 years. Currently he is an organizational and editorial consultant and family therapist at the Family Workshop in Atlanta, and an Adjunct Professor and member of the graduate faculty at the University of Georgia.

William C. Nichols, EdD, ABPP, is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Currently an adjunct professor of child and family development and a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Georgia, he is also a consultant with the Nichols Group. A former president of both the AAMFT and the National Council of Family Relations and president-elect of the International Family Therapy Association, he is currently editor of Contemporary Family Therapy and the International Family Therapy Association's International Connection. The author of two books, Dr. Nichols has published numerous articles and book chapters .