Handbook of Family and Marital Therapy
Family and marital therapies are rapidly becoming highly used methods of treatment of mental disorders and are no longer ancillary methods to individual psychotherapy. The last few decades have brought about an increasing awareness of the fact that, exclu
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Familyand 'T'LMarital J.llerapy Edited by Benjamin B. Wolman and George Stricker Family and marital therapy is rapidly becoming the choice method of treatment for mental disorders. The last few decades have brought about an increasing awareness of the fact that, excluding those of organic origin, practically all menlal disorders are caused, fostered, andtot related to faulty interper·
sonal relations. This handbook presents current ideas and techniques in the area of family and marital therapy, showing that it is effective not only in treatment but in prevention of disorders as well.
The editors have collected papers from leading experts in this area of psychotherapy. Their papers of· fer an up-to-date and wide-ranging survey of the field. The introductory chapter wriHen by Dr. Wolman explores the changing vistas in marriage and parenthood and discusses the basic reasons and rationale for marital and family therapy. Subsequent papers analyze the main conceptual issues related to communication, research, and training in family and marital therapy. A number of papers discuss the major therapeutic systems currently practiced. The volume also includes several papers that deal with such special problems and issues as treating one·parent families, stepfamilies, sex therapy for couples, and therapy with minority groups. A groundbreaking work in a most important area of psychotherapy, Htmdbook of Family and Marilal Thrrapy will be an indispensable guide for clinical psychol· ogists, psychiatrists, and social workers.
Jflektl dui,n by R. B.
Gold"a~n
Handbook of
Family and
Marital Therapy
Handbook of
Family and Marital Therapy Edited by
Benjamin B. Wolman and
George Stricker Consulting Editors James Framo, Joseph W. Newirth, Max Rosenbaum, and Had H. Young
Plenum Press • New York and London
Ubrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Handbook of family and marital therapy. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Family psychotherapy. 2. Marital psychotherapy. I Wolman, Benjamin B. II. Stricker, George. [DNLM: 1. Family therapy. 2. Marital Therapy. WM 430.5.F2 H2355] RC488.5.H327 1983 616.89'156 83-9650 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-4442-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-4444-5 001: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4442-1
© 1983 Plenum Press, New York Softcover reprint of the hardcover 18t edition 1983 A Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 233 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher
Contributors Charles P. Barnard, Ed. D.
School of Medicine Los Angeles, California
School of Education and Human Services University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, Wisconsin
Paula Hollins Gritzer, M.S.W. 243 President Street Brooklyn, New York
Janet Beavin Bavelas, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Canada
F. Nolan Jones, Ph.D.
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