Full Description
This book details the history, science, and practice of Functional Family Therapy (FFT), an evidence-based model practitioners can use to understand families, the problems they face, and how to enable families to create real and lasting change.
Functional Family Therapy (FFT) has evolved from a theory taught only in universities to become a treatment model implemented in more than eight countries and ten languages. It features specialized training, certification, and systemic fidelity processes that are used worldwide. FFT has been recognized in recent years as one of the premier evidence-based family intervention models for working with adolescents with problem behaviors.
Chapters describe the evolution of the theory and extensive research support for FFT, provide overviews of each stage of treatment, and offer practical guidance for using FFT in a variety of contexts including juvenile and adult justice, child welfare, foster care, and behavioral health using FFT in community contexts, including training and supervision and measuring and integrating client feedback and using cutting-edge technological advances to better deliver optimal outcomes for families.
Contents
Foreword--Terence Patterson
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Functional Family Therapy Clinical Model
Chapter 1. The Evolution of Functional Family Therapy: Working with Contemporary Families
Chapter 2. The Lens of Functional Family Therapy: How to Think About Families, the Problems They Face, and the Therapeutic Change Process
Chapter 3. Engagement and Motivation: The Early Phase of Treatment
Chapter 4. Helping Change the Way Families Work Together: The Middle Phases of Treatment
Chapter 5. Maintaining, Generalizing, and Supporting Long-Lasting Change: The Final Phase of Treatment
Chapter 6. The Art of Functional Family Therapy: Practicing With Creativity and Purpose
Part II: Implementing Functional Family Therapy in the Real World
Chapter 7. Practicing in a Justice Context: Functional Family Therapy, FFT-Adult, and Family Case Management
Chapter 8. Practicing in Child Welfare, Foster Care, and Behavioral Health Care Systems
Chapter 9. Translating Functional Family Therapy Into Community-Based Settings
Chapter 10. Leveraging Technology to Improve Practice, Training, and Implementation
Epilogue: The Evolution of Functional Family Therapy
References
Index
About the Authors
