This comprehensive book examines family therapy issues in the context of the larger systems of health, law, and education. Family Systems/Family Therapy shows how family therapists can bring their skills to bear on a broad range of problems by cooperating with professionals in other disciplines. It suggests areas in which an intersystems approach can be especially effective, including preventing substance abuse in adolescent girls, enhancing awareness of adolescent dating violence, managing geriatric care, doing court ...
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This comprehensive book examines family therapy issues in the context of the larger systems of health, law, and education. Family Systems/Family Therapy shows how family therapists can bring their skills to bear on a broad range of problems by cooperating with professionals in other disciplines. It suggests areas in which an intersystems approach can be especially effective, including preventing substance abuse in adolescent girls, enhancing awareness of adolescent dating violence, managing geriatric care, doing court-ordered therapy for divorcing couples, and working with children labeled as difficult and their teachers. Family Systems/Family Therapy will give family therapists a new vision of what they can achieve when working in the context of individuals, families, or the broader system.
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