Family Therapy

Family therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise and jargon-free guide to family therapy. Through a range of case examples, the authors describe how family therapists begin and progress their therapy. Each section of the book is constructed to lead both beginning and experienced clinicians into the acquisition of new skills.

This new edition covers:

• The use of formulation and hypotheses in family therapy practice

• How relational patterns function and how to change negative ones

• Initial skills and principles to help families change their patterns

• Advanced family therapy interviewing

• Evidence-based models of family therapy

• Contemporary issues in family therapy practice

Family Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques is an invaluable resource for psychotherapists and counsellors in training and in practice. As well as appealing to established family therapists, this new edition should also find an audience with other mental health professionals working with families and interested in learning more about family therapy techniques.