Family Therapy: A Systemic Integration

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Each chapter concludes with Summary. Preface. I.THE SYSTEMIC FRAMEWORK. 1.Two Different World Views. The Framework of Individual Psychology. The Framework of Systemic Family Therapy. Basic Concepts of Systems Theory. Family Therapy or Relationship Therapy? 2.The Historical Perspective. Planting the Seeds: The 1940s. Cybernetics. Development of Interdisciplinary Approaches. Gregory Bateson. Putting Down Roots: The 1950s. Bateson (Continued). The Double Bind Hypothesis. Nathan Ackerman. Murray Bowen. Carl Whitaker. Theodore Lidz. Lyman Wynne. Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy. John Elderkin Bell. Christian F. Midelfort. Overview of the 1950s. The Plant Begins to Bud: The 1960s. Paradigm Shift. MRI. Salvador Minuchin. Other Developments. Blossom Time: The 1970s. Psychodynamic Approaches. Experiential Approaches. Structural Approaches. Strategic Approaches. Communication Approaches. Behavioral Approaches. Gregory Bateson. Connecting and Integrating: The 1980s. Other Voices. The Limits of History. Controversy, Conflict, and Beyond: The 1990s. The Feminist Critique. Family Therapy and Family Medicine. Integration and Metaframeworks. Managed Care. Preparing for the Millennium: Themes and Trends. 3.The Paradigmatic Shift of Systems Theory. A Cybernetic Epistemology. Recursion. Feedback. Morphostasis/Morphogenesis. Rules and Boundaries. Openness and Closedness. Entropy/Negentropy. Equifinality/Equipotentiality. Communication and Information Processing. Relationship and Wholeness. Goals and Purposes. Cybernetics of Cybernetics. Wholeness and Self-Reference. Openness and Closedness. Autopoiesis. Structural Determinism. Structural Coupling and Nonpurposeful Drift. Epistemology of Participation. Reality as a Multiverse. 4.Postmodernism and Family Therapy. Postmodernism in Historical Perspective. Constructivism and Social Constructionism. Deconstruction and the Role of Language. The Role of the Individual. The Debates. First-Order versus Second-Order Therapy. Postmodernism and Cybernetics. Self-Referential Inconsistencies and Other Challenges. 5.Therapeutic Interventions and Strategies. A Theory of Change. Reframing. Paradoxical Interventions. Problem Formation/Resolution. Stochastic Processes. Perturber versus Change Agent. Meaningful Noise. Language and World Views. Stability and Change. Information and Perturbation. The Theory of Change, Meaningful Noise, and the Postmodernist Perspective. Ethical Issues. AAMFT Code of Ethics. Ethics and Cybernetics of Cybernetics. 6.The Family: Process, Development, and Context. Process Dimensions. Developmental Frameworks. Contextual Issues. Structural Variations. Cultural Variations. Ecological Considerations. II.MODELS OF FAMILY THERAPY. 7.Psychodynamic Approaches. Murray Bowen. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective. Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/ Postmodern Perspective. Object Relations Family Therapy. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/ Postmodern Perspective. 8.Experiential Approaches. Carl Whitaker. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/ Postmodern Perspective. Walter Kempler. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/ Postmodern Perspective. 9.The Structural Approach. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Structure. Subsystems. Boundaries. The Family Over Time. Structural Maps of the Family. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Goals of Structural Therapy. The Process of Change. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective. 10.Communications Approaches. Early Researchers. Don D. Jackson. John H. Weakland. Paul Watzlawick. Review of Early Research. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/ Postmodern Perspective. Virginia Satir. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/ Postmodern Perspective. 11.Strategic Approaches and the Milan Influence. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Three Examples. Jay Haley. Cloe Madanes. Milan Systemic/Strategy Therapy. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective. 12.Behavioral/Cognitive Approaches. Basic Concepts/Theoretical Constructs. Definitions. Theory of Health/Normalcy. Therapeutic Strategies/Interventions. Traditional Behavioral Strategies/Interventions. Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies/Interventions. Four Examples. Behavioral Parent Training. Behavioral Marital Therapy. Functional Family Therapy. Conjoint Sex Therapy. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective. 13.Evolving Therapeutic Models. The Reflecting Team: Tom Andersen. Solution-Oriented Therapy: William O'Hanlon. Solution-Focused Therapy: Steve de Shazer. Externalization and Reauthoring Lives and Relationships: Michael White and David Epston. Therapeutic Conversations: Harlene Anderson and Harry Goolishian. Psychoeducation: Carol Anderson. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective. 14.The Many Modalities of Family Therapy. Individual Family Therapy. Couple Therapy. Family Group Therapy. Couples Group Therapy. Multiple Family Therapy. Family Networking. Multiple Impact Therapy. Symptom-Focused Treatments. Systemic Consistency. Questions and Reflections from a Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodern Perspective. III.EPISTEMOLOGICAL CHALLENGES. 15.Assessment and Research. History. Family Assessment and Classification -- General Models. Family Assessment and Classification -- Scientific Approaches. Family Assessment and Classification -- Some Concerns. Family Therapy Research in the Logical Positivist Tradition. A Second-Order Cybernetics/Postmodernist Consideration of Quantitative and Qualitative Research. A Systems View of Research. The New Physics. Implications for the Social Sciences. Ramifications of a Cybernetic Perspective. 16.Cybernetics of Cybernetics and Family Therapy: Pathologies of Epistemology and Contemporary Challenges. Mind and Nature/Stories. Conceptual Pathologies. Problems Exist Out There. The Map Is the Territory. Defining Differences in Isolation. Independence/Autonomy and Unilateral Control. You Can Do Just One Thing. Control Is Possible. We Can Just Observe. The Paradox of Being a Systemic Therapist. Contemporary Challenges. Teaching and Learning the Cybernetic Perspective. In Conclusion. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

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