Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques

A complete guide for helping professionals, with tried-and-true techniques for practicing family counseling therapyNow in its second edition, Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques is filled with up-to-date, systems-oriented techniques focused on field-tested results. Outlining the dos and don'ts of working with different types of families and the various complications, nuances, and complexities that can occur, this practical guide provides a broad and proven selection of interventions, processes, and guidelines for working interactively, systematically, and compassionately with families.Working With Families, Second Edition covers a range of topics including:Family work in different settingsSession-by-session guidelinesTherapeutic themes by family typeManaging adolescents in family sessionsDealing with fear of family workFamily mappingStrategic child assessmentChemical dependence and its impact on familiesInformed by the author's many years of experience in the field, both as a clinician and as a trainer, Working With Families, Second Edition offers an invaluable systems-oriented, goal-directed, problem-solving approach to family counseling therapy for all mental health professionals. Read more