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The demonstration of various and significant family therapy concepts as the sessions unfold are such a powerful learning opportunity. "The Four Step model for assessing families and couples is an especially significant contribution for a teaching and learning tool in working with students who may be new to family social work practice.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPearson Education

ISBN-100205470122

ISBN-139780205470129

eBay Product ID (ePID)50492709

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAssessing Families and Couples : from Symptom to System

Publication Year2006

SubjectPsychotherapy / Couples & Family, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Psychology

AuthorWai-Yung Lee, Michael Nichols, Salvador Minuchin

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.8 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2005-058875

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal616.89/156

Table Of ContentPREFACE. 1. Introduction: A Four-Step Model for Assessing Couples and Families. I. TROUBLED CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS. 2. The Parentified Child. 3. Conflictual Couple/Triangulated Children. II. STEP-FAMILIES. 4. The Teenager Who Was a Liar. 5. Three Dyads Are Less Than a Whole Family. III. COMPLEMENTARY COUPLES. 6. . Agitated Depression in an Adult Woman. 7. The Woman Whose Hands Were Always Dirty. IV. PSYCHOSOMATIC FAMILIES. 8. Oedipus with Stomach Cramps. 9. A Young Chinese Man with Anorexia Nervosa. V. THE FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES 10. Three-Generations of Women. 11. Residential Treatment of Drug Addiction and the Family. EPILOGUE.

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LC Classification NumberRC488.5.M54 2007