Description
- Written specifically for distance-based learning by the faculty at NCU, the first institution to receive COAMFTE accreditation for both master’s and doctoral programs.
- It provides an overview of modern and post-modern models of therapy, as well as covers questions pertaining to clinical application, and treatment planning. An additional aim of the book is to provide foundational knowledge to MFT students and help them to be get ready for the MFT Licensing examination
- Focus on fundamental knowledge that is needed for those seeking to practice as MFTs, without peripheral or incidental information.
- Already apart of the curriculum of NCU
- Designed for remote learners and written by first-class MFT educators.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Systems Theory in the Context of Family Therapy Part I- Foundational Concepts of Family Therapy 2. Using Theory in the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy 3. History of Family Therapy 4. Building Blocks to Conceptualizing Family: A Family System's Perspective 5. Postmodernism and Social Constructionism: Foundational Concepts 6. The Core Process of Therapy: Planning Therapy Guided by Theory 7. Clinical Practice: Preparing for Day 1 Part II- Modern or Classic Models of Family Therapy 8. Milan Systemic Family Therapy 9. Structural Family Therapy 10. Strategic Family Therapy 11. Experiential Family Therapy 12. Bowen Family Systems Theory 13. Emotionally-Focused Family Therapy 14. Gottman Method Couple's Therapy 15. Contextual Therapy 16. Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy 17. Psychoanalytic Family Therapy Part III: Postmodern Models of Family Therapy 18. Postmodernism and Social Constructionism in Family Therapy 19. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy 20. Narrative Family Therapy 21. Collaborative Language Systems Therapy
