The Quick Theory Reference Guide: A Resource for Expert and Novice Mental Health ProfessionalsNova Publishers, 2007 - 534 pages Since the beginning of the concepts of family therapy, mental health professionals have known that the family -- the system -- is a powerful source of support for change or a powerful force for resistance to change. Some professionals work with individuals, some with families and some with groups. However, all work with the context of the systems -- family, group, community, country, etc. Students, especially beginning students, are overwhelmed and confused at the variety of approaches to working with clients. Many programs introduce students to individual as well as systems concepts in the course of training. Students need assistance in learning this variety of theories. They need to be able to compare and contrast theories and techniques to determine when and where to utilise the best skills in order to facilitate client change. Dr. Karin Jordan has compiled a comprehensive text that enables the students to discover each theory as it is presented in its purist form. The text is accessible yet the content provides comprehensive knowledge of each theory. Dr. Jordan has brought together the master educators and clinicians in our fields to write about their particular expertise. |
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Adlerian anxiety approach assessment awareness behavior therapy Behavioral Family Therapy believed change process child client-centered therapy clinical cognitive cognitive behavior therapy collaborative communication concepts constructivist context counseling counselors couple and family create disorders dysfunction effective emotional environment ESFT existential existential therapy experience explore family members family of origin family system feelings feminist therapies focus focused Framo Freud Fritz Perls Gestalt therapy goals Haley help clients his/her human identified important individual integration interactions interpersonal interventions Jung Karin Jordan Kempler L'Abate Laura Perls learning lives Mahoney mental health mentally ill narrative therapy needs Nova Science Publishers object relations family object relations theory parents patient patterns Perls person Person-Centered perspective phase positive practice problem Psychiatry psychoanalytic psychology psychotherapy REBT response Rogers role schizophrenia session skills social specific strategic therapy strategies symptoms talk techniques therapeutic process therapeutic relationship therapist thinking treatment unconditional positive regard understanding Whitaker York