Family Therapy - Couverture souple

Gladding, Samuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 129205879X ISBN 13 : 9781292058795

Editeur : Pearson, 2014

Synopsis

For courses in Marriage and Family Counseling, Marital Therapy, and Family Therapy.

Inviting, well-illustrated, and developmental in approach―a comprehensive look at the theory and practice of working with families.

Considered the most thorough, well-written text in the field, Samuel T. Gladding’s, Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice, give readers clear coverage of all aspects of working with couples and families from proven, evidence-based theories. In a user-friendly organisation and writing style, it covers important background information on healthy and functional families and different types of families, and includes an overview of how individual and family life cycles intertwine. The basic processes involved in treating couples and families are made clear, before delving into a dozen theoretical ways of treating families.

Thoroughly updated, the 6th Edition of Family Therapy, includes an abundance of examples and case studies, new illustrations, more than 175 new references, helpful learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, a new chart comparing the different therapies, and more.

• User-friendly and well illustrated, this book is developmental in its approach to working therapeutically with families.
• The practitioner-oriented focus shows how to work with different types of families.
• Illustrations, diagrams, summaries, examples, case studies, and a glossary help readers understand and retain the main points in the text.
• NEW! Realigned chapters put new emphasis on some of the materials in former chapters.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Samuel T. Gladding, Ph.D., is Chair of and a Professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is a fellow in the American Counseling Association (ACA) and its former president (2004-2005). Additionally, Dr. Gladding has served as president of two ACA divisions (ACES and ASGW), president of Chi Sigma Iota (the international counseling honorary society), president of the American Association of State Counseling Boards, and chair of the ACA Foundation. A Fulbright Specialist, Dr. Gladding has taught counseling and worked with universities and counselors in Turkey, China, Estonia, Austria, Malaysia, Sweden, the Philippines, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, and Canada. He has authored numerous professional publications, including 40 books, four videos, and over six dozen (72) scholarly articles. Some of his most recent Pearson books include Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession (7th edition, 2013), Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings (4th edition with Deborah Newsome, 2014), Group Work: A Counseling Specialty (6th edition, 2011), The Counseling Dictionary (3rd edition, 2011), and this 6th edition of Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice. Dr. Gladding has been married to his wife, Claire, for 28 years. They are the parents of three grown children. Dr. Gladding received his degrees from Wake Forest, Yale, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He continues to work as a licensed professional counselor and serves on the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors. He has been honored by the American Counseling Association with the Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person, the Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award, and the David K. Brooks Distinguished Mentor Award.

Présentation de l'éditeur

For courses in Marriage and Family Counseling, Marital Therapy, and Family Therapy.

 

Inviting, well-illustrated, and developmental in approach—a comprehensive look at the theory and practice of working with families.

 

Considered the most thorough, well-written text in the field, Samuel T. Gladding’s, Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice, give readers clear coverage of all aspects of working with couples and families from proven, evidence-based theories.  In a user-friendly organization and writing style, it covers important background information on healthy and functional families and different types of families, and includes an overview of how individual and family life cycles intertwine.  The basic processes involved in treating couples and families are made clear, before delving into a dozen theoretical ways of treating families. 

 

Thoroughly updated, the Sixth Edition of Family Therapy, includes an abundance of examples and case studies, new illustrations, more than 175 new references, helpful learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, a new chart comparing the different therapies, and more.  

• User-friendly and well illustrated, this book is developmental in its approach to working therapeutically with families.
• The practitioner-oriented focus shows how to work with different types of families.
• Illustrations, diagrams, summaries, examples, case studies, and a glossary help readers understand and retain the main points in the text.
• NEW! Realigned chapters put new emphasis on some of the materials in former chapters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 129205879X
• ISBN 13: 9781292058795
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 6
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Pearson Benelux BV; productsafety@pearson.com; ; Kabelweg 37; Amsterdam; 1014 BA; Pays-Bas