Procedures in marriage and family therapy / Gregory W. Brock, Charles P. Barnard ; with a foreword by Carl Whitaker.

"This reference book guides practitioners through the procedures in marriage and family therapy - from common to troublesome situations - including child-custody evaluation, alcohol abuse, and more! With in-depth explanations and clear directions for clinical practice, readers are guided through the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brock, Gregory W., 1946-
Other Authors: Barnard, Charles P.
Language:English
Published: Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, [2009], ©2009.
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Physical Description:xvi, 204 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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245 1 0 |a Procedures in marriage and family therapy /  |c Gregory W. Brock, Charles P. Barnard ; with a foreword by Carl Whitaker. 
250 |a Fourth edition. 
260 |a Boston :  |b Pearson/Allyn and Bacon,  |c [2009], ©2009. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and indexes. 
505 0 |a Foreword -- Preface -- 1: Overview -- Assumptions -- How to use this book -- 2: First Contact Procedures -- Intake telephone call -- Establishing a relationship with clients -- Determination of client's position in the process of change -- Establishing a therapeutic contract -- Explaining the purpose of therapy -- Therapy with culturally distinct families -- Gender issues in therapy -- Research-based treatment guidelines -- 3: Assessment Procedures -- Assessing the family -- Building client confidence in therapist ability -- Clarifying the presenting problem -- Circular questioning -- Conducting a genogram -- Collecting relationship history -- Initial attraction -- Expectations of a marital partner -- Courtship history -- Significant events during marriage -- Family structure and function indicators -- Assessment tools -- Assessing readiness for therapy -- Assessing family rules -- Assessing family myths -- Assessing family rituals -- Assessing disengagement -- Assessing parentification -- Assessing sexual functioning -- Assessing family violence -- Assessing drug and alcohol use -- Assessing stress -- Assessing work problems -- Assessing sexual or physical abuse -- Assessing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- 4: Initial Stage Treatment Procedures -- Establishing therapeutic goals -- Presenting the concept of family system -- Matching treatment modality with clients' problems -- Using metaphorical language -- Reframing symptoms -- Relabeling symptoms -- Defusing a crisis -- Taking a break during a session -- Presession planning -- 5: Middle Stage Treatment Procedures -- Steps in behavioral treatment for couples and families -- Rewards for good behavior -- Teaching procedures -- Three-step strategy -- Recognizing the teaching moment -- Teaching listening -- Teaching self-disclosure -- Teaching feeling awareness -- Teaching problem solving -- Teaching parenting -- Rule setting -- Time-out -- Describing the parent role -- Enhancing the parental alliance -- Explaining codependence -- Antiviolence training -- Managing communication within the session -- Encouraging family grief -- Managing anxiety within the session -- Inducing a crisis to stimulate change -- Assessing when to confront -- Confronting clients -- Describing a behavioral pattern -- Rewarding clients -- Setting up a role-play or enactment -- Interrupting to change interaction patterns -- Reducing family loyalty -- Changing the seating pattern -- Interacting with young children -- Indicators of resistance -- Reflecting teams -- 6: Termination Procedures -- Assessing when a family is too dependent -- When to terminate -- Components of the termination session -- 7: Specialized Treatment Procedures -- Violent relationships and no-violence contracts -- Structuring a therapeutic separation -- Therapy with an ADHD child in the family -- Therapy with a handicapped family member -- Therapy with a mentally ill family member -- Parents present with sexually abused children -- Therapy with court-referred clients -- Letters to clients as therapy -- Bibliotherapy -- MFTs in the child custody arena -- 8: Alternate Service Delivery Procedures -- Stages in the delivery of family-based services -- Initiation -- Crisis stabilization -- Family therapy/reorganization -- Termination -- Procedural considerations and interventions -- Seductiveness of the Utopian syndrome -- Seductiveness of pathologizing the family -- Avoiding isomorphic reactivity and fragmentation -- Keeping initiative for change with the family -- Timing is crucial -- Monitoring grandiosity -- Remembering the past without obsessing -- Avoiding working merely with those easily available -- Assessing for losses -- Monitoring premature side taking with an adolescent -- Monitoring your own system -- Pragmatic considerations of in-home therapy. 
505 0 |a 9: Procedures For Challenging Situations -- Parents will not control children in session -- Client abruptly leaves session -- Client shows up without partner -- Client asks for individual session -- Clients do not show for session -- Engaging an unwilling family member -- Geographically unavailable clients -- New information revealed at the end of a session -- Alcoholic relapse/slips -- Connecting clients with AA and Al-Anon -- Negotiating a no-drinking contract -- Promoting family recovery from addictions using FIRE -- Twelve steps of FIRE -- Assessing chemical and alcohol abuse recovery -- FIRE twelve steps to advance family recovery -- Externalizing alcohol problems -- Secret disclosed to therapist -- Client expresses sexual attraction toward therapist -- Client questions the therapist's life experience -- Client questions the value of therapy -- Couple cannot decide whether to divorce or stay married -- One spouse secretly wishes to divorce -- Everyone speaks at once -- No one speaks -- Client rambles on and on -- Family members speak for one another -- Clients speak to therapist, not to each other -- Clients take potshots at each other -- Clarifying clients' unclear labels -- Guiding client attention -- 10: Out-Of-Session Work -- What to call out-of-session work -- Assigning out-of-session work -- Processing out-of-session work -- Clients neglect or change out-of-session work -- Written tasks -- Tasks for couples and families -- 11: Referral And Consultation Procedures -- Accepting referrals -- Making referrals -- Introducing a new cotherapist -- Introducing a consulting professional -- 12: Risk Management Procedures -- Dealing with suicide threats -- Feeling sexually attracted to a client -- Feeling bored with a case/session -- Client threatens to sue for malpractice -- Meeting clients outside of therapy -- Clients calling the therapist at home -- Touching clients -- Self-supervision -- Clients reject/attack one cotherapist -- When therapist's problems influence therapy -- Telling clients about vacation -- Discussing fees -- Feeling stuck in a session -- Keeping usable notes -- Reporting sexual and physical abuse -- References -- Author index -- Subject index. 
520 1 |a "This reference book guides practitioners through the procedures in marriage and family therapy - from common to troublesome situations - including child-custody evaluation, alcohol abuse, and more! With in-depth explanations and clear directions for clinical practice, readers are guided through the many procedures to use in successful marriage and family therapy." "This handbook is both a student's and clinician's guide to handling situations through the use of in-depth explanations. Those studying Family Therapy or just starting their careers will especially appreciate the handbook's clear directions, along with the author's values - which are the product of many years of experience."--BOOK JACKET. 
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