Textbook of Family and Couples Therapy: Clinical Applications

965 Pages·2003·2.6 MB·English

by  G. Pirooz Sholevar

TEXTBOOK
OF FAMILY AND
COUPLES THERAPY
Clinical Applications
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TEXTBOOK
OF FAMILY AND
COUPLES THERAPY
Clinical Applications
Edited by
G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D.
With
Linda D. Schwoeri, Ph.D.
Washington, DC
London, England
Note: The authors have worked to ensure that all information in this book
is accurate at the time of publication and consistent with general psychiatric
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and consistent with standards set by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration
and the general medical community. As medical research and practice con-
tinue to advance, however, therapeutic standards may change. Moreover,
specific situations may require a specific therapeutic response not included in
this book. For these reasons and because human and mechanical errors
sometimes occur, we recommend that readers follow the advice of physicians
directly involved in their care or the care of a member of their family.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Textbook of family and couples therapy / edited by G. Pirooz Sholevar
with Linda D. Schwoeri.—1st ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-88048-518-3 (alk. paper)
1. Family psychotherapy. 2. Marital psychotherapy. I. Sholevar, G.
Pirooz. II. Schwoeri, Linda.
[DNLM: 1. Family Therapy—methods. 2. Couples Therapy—
methods. 3. Marital Therapy—methods. WM 430.5.F2 T355 2003]
RC488.5 .T44 2003
616.89(cid:1)156—dc21
2002071166
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP record is available from the British Library.
This book is dedicated to
my teachers and mentors:
Salvador Minuchin, Murray Bowen, Carl Whitaker,
Jay Haley, and Nathan Ackerman
and
The next generation of the Sholevar family:
Darius, Maryam, David, Reza, Timo, Michelle,
Wilkie, Christina, Roxanne, and Cyrus
G.P.S.
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Contents
Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii
Part I
Introduction
Chapter 1
Family Theory and Therapy: An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D.
Part II
Family Therapy: Theory and Techniques
Introduction to Family Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D.
Chapter 2
Structural Family Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
H. Charles Fishman, M.D., and Tana Fishman, D.O.
Chapter 3
Constructing Therapy: From Strategic, to Systemic, to
NarrativeModels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Scott W. Browning, Ph.D., and Robert-Jay Green, Ph.D.
Chapter 4
Psychodynamic Family Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
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Chapter 5
Multigenerational Family Systems Theory of
Bowen and ItsApplication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Michael Kerr, M.D.
Chapter 6
Contextual Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Catherine Ducommun-Nagy, M.D., and Linda D. Schwoeri, Ph.D.
Chapter 7
Behavioral Family Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Ian R. H. Falloon, M.D.
Chapter 8
Psychoeducational Family Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Linda D. Schwoeri, Ph.D., and G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D.
Chapter 9
Social Network Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Ross V. Speck, M.D.
Chapter 10
Gender-Sensitive FamilyTherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Linda D. Schwoeri, Ph.D., G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D., and George S. Villarose, M.A.
Chapter 11
Techniques of Family Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D., and Linda D. Schwoeri, Ph.D.
Family Theories: Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D.
Part III
Family Assessment
Chapter 12
Initial and Diagnostic Family Interviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D.
Chapter 13
Family Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Bruce D. Forman, Ph.D., Jodi Aronson, Ph.D., and Mark P. Combs, Ph.D.
Chapter 14
The Family Life Cycle: A Framework for
Understanding Family Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Joan Zilbach, M.D.
Chapter 15
Functional and Dysfunctional Families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
W. Robert Beavers, M.D.
Chapter 16
Diagnosis of Family Relational Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D., and John F. Clarkin, Ph.D.
Part IV
Family Therapy With Children and Adolescents
Chapter 17
Family Therapy With Children and Adolescents: An Overview. . . . . . . . .367
G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D.
Chapter 18
Family Therapy With Children: A Model for
Engaging the Whole Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Richard Chasin, M.D., and Tanya B. White, Ph.D.
Chapter 19
Parent Management Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
Ellen Harris Sholevar, M.D.
Part V
Couples Therapy
Chapter 20
Couples Therapy: An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
G. Pirooz Sholevar, M.D.
Chapter 21
Psychodynamic Couples Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
Derek C. Polonsky, M.D., and Carol C. Nadelson, M.D.