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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 471 309 CG 032 109 Kaplan, David M. AUTHOR Family Counseling for All Counselors. TITLE INSTITUTION ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services, Greensboro, NC.; American Counseling Association, Alexandria, VA. SPONS AGENCY Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. ISBN ISBN-1-56109-097-2 PUB DATE 2003-00-00 NOTE 349p.; Funded by the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. For individual chapters, see CG 032 110-121 and CG 032 321 140. CONTRACT ED -99 -CO -0014 AVAILABLE FROM ERIC Counseling and Student Services Clearinghouse, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 241 Ferguson Building, P.O. Box 26171, Greensboro, NC 27402-6171 ($34.95). Tel: 336-334-4114; Tel: 800-414-9769 (Toll Free); Fax: 336- 334 -4116; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://ericcass.uncg.edu. Books (010) PUB TYPE Information Analyses (070) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC14 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Counseling Techniques; *Counseling Theories; Counselor Client Relationship; *Counselor Training; Cultural Pluralism; Ethics; *Family Counseling; Family Involvement; Marriage Counseling; Technology; *Theory Practice Relationship ABSTRACT Counselors whose specialty is marriage and family counseling develop a theoretical and research base and acquire countless hours of experience upon which to base their interventions. Most counselors and other helping professionals whose specialty is in another area do as well as they can lacking specific theoretical concepts and experience from which to operate. This book is primarily intended for those counselors who are accomplished in another specialty and wish to improve their ability to manage family issues. The book includes the following chapters: "Why Incorporate (1) Family Counseling into Your Practice?" (D. Kaplan); (2) "Identifying the Need for Family Involvement" (D. Kaplan); "A Process for Working with Families (3) across Counseling Specialties" (D. Kaplan); "Establishing a Relationship (4) with Families" (D. Kaplan); "Assessing Family Issues Related to the (5) Presenting Problem" (D. Pelsma); (6) "Selecting Family Interventions" (R. "Assessing Family Interventions" (S. Benish); Watts); "Closure Issues (7) (8) with Families" (S. Craig and G. Bischof); "Diversity Issues in Family (9) (10) "Off the Couch and Online: Technology in Family Work" (F. Steigerwald); Counseling" (P. Stevens and K. Shulman); (11) "Ethical Issues in Family Work" (D. Kaplan); (12) "Putting It All Together: The Vorset Family" (D. Kaplan). An appendix includes the Ethical Code for the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. (GCP) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. mad .,,.,.Twrgr4rwmorsarirmkrwi, ... c, amily Counseling for All Counselors David M. Kaplan U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION & Associates CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Co-Publish.ed with Foundation American Counseling Association Association of Marriage Sponsored by the international and Family Counselors BEST COPY AVAILABLE ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services Family Counseling for All Counselors David M. Kaplan & Associates Copyright © 2003 CAPS Publications P.O. Box 35077 Greensboro, NC 27425-5077 All rights reserved. ISBN 1-56109-097-2 This publication is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Contract No. ED-99- CO-0014. Opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the positions of the U.S. Department of Education, OERI, or ERIC/CASS. Creative Designer Kaye Davis Professional Editing Kirsteen Anderson EPD Monitor Lynn Spencer iti Table of Contents Preface iii Garry R. Walz Prologue David M. Kaplan About This Book vi David M. Kaplan vii Acknowledgments Introduction viii Judy Lewis Chapter One Why Incorporate Family Counseling Into Your Practice? David M. Kaplan 1 Chapter Two Identifying the Need for Family Involvement David M. Kaplan 17 Chapter Three A Process for Working with Families Across Counseling Specialties David M. Kaplan 37 Chapter Four Establishing a Relationship with Families David M. Kaplan 61 Chapter Five Assessing Family Issues Related to the Presenting Problem Dennis Pelsma 87 Chapter Six Selecting Family Interventions Richard E. Watts 121 Chapter Seven Assessing Family Interventions Steven Benish 161 Chapter Eight Closure Issues with Families Steven Craig & Gary Bischof 175 Chapter Nine Diversity Issues in Family Work Fran Steigerwald 203 Chapter Ten Off the Couch and Online: Technology in Family Counseling Patricia W. Stevens & Kerrie Shulman 247 Chapter Eleven Ethical Issues in Family Work David M. Kaplan 269 Chapter Twelve Pulling It All Together: The Vorset Family David M. Kaplan 303 Appendix Ethical Code for the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors 323 About the Contributors 335 ERIC/CASS Virtual Libraries 339 ii Preface There are many things to like about this publication! First of all, it targets broad and growing areas of the importance of family counseling in all counseling specialties. In one way or another, almost all areas of counseling must contend with matters relating to families. Marital concerns, student school performance, sibling relationships, reconstituted families, and career choice and planning are just some of the topics where family relationships and interactions are important foci for counseling. Counselors whose specialty is marriage and family counseling develop a theoretical and research base and acquire countless hours experience on which to drive their interventions. Most counselors and other helping professionals whose specialty is in another area do as well as they can lacking specific theoretical concepts and experience from which to operate. Many counselors have expressed their own uncertainty, even trepidation, when the focus of their counseling moves into family concerns (which it invariably does). It is for those counselors who are accomplished in a specialty other than marriage and family who desire to improve their ability to manage family issues that this book is primarily intended. Using some of the concepts and interventions developed by family counseling specialists can significantly, enhance their overall counseling by avoiding a downturn or misdirection in their counseling when family dynamics become a central issue. Because of the quality of the writing, it also is likely that even experienced counselors may find useful ideas in this monograph. If nothing else, it will surely improve the quality of the communication among counseling specialties and in the situations where a referral to a family counseling specialist is desirable. I want to express my appreciation first of all to David Kaplan for his courage and resolve to assume the writing challenge to oversee this publication at a time when, as the President of the American Counseling Association, he was experiencing numerous demands on his time and energy. I also want to thank the authors of the various chapters who excelled in translating their family counseling skills into usable interventions for counselors and other helping specialists who are not family counseling specialists. Great appreciation is due. In my view, they earned A+'s for their contributions to this unique and compelling endeavor. This monograph is the product of an evolving collaboration between the American Counseling Association Foundation and the ERIC Counseling and Student Services Clearinghouse. The goal of this collaboration is to strengthen the path between knowledge generators and knowledge users so as to make available to practitioners, researchers, and developers new ideas and resources as quickly as possible! We were also pleased to have the International Association of Marriage & Family Counselors as a sponsor of the monograph as well. This monograph represents one component of this collaboration a means for an ACA president to more effectively communicate his theme to the membership. Other components will follow, but the intent will remain the same; to enhance and extend the flow of ideas and resources to those who can use and act upon them. Garry R. Walz, PhD Co-Director, ERIC Counseling and Student Services Clearinghouse Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan iv Prologue David M. Kaplan In talking with professional counselors across the spectrum of specialties and modalities, I have found that many would like to incorporate family counseling into their work. Counselors working in school or college counseling, career development, rehabilitation sites, the addiction field, and other specialties do not want to become marriage and family counselors per se, but they would like to work with families in particular situations where doing so might be helpful to their clients. However, many of these counselors were not exposed to family counseling in their graduate programs and do not know where to start. That is where this book comes in. Family Counseling for All Counselors provides a framework for involving the family in counseling when you feel this is in your client's best interest. It focuses on the question, "Now that I've got the family in my office, what do I do?" Although reading this book will not make you an expert in couples and family counseling (experience, further reading, workshops, conferences, and supervision will do that), it will get you off to a good start. So read on for ideas on how to establish good relationships with families, assess family issues, set goals for family progress, select interventions for families, assess the effectiveness of family interventions, and reach closure with families. I also hope you enjoy the chapters on diversity issues and using technology. About This Book Family Counseling for All Counselors grew from a suggestion by Dr. Judy Lewis to write a book focusing on my presidential theme for the international Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. While I had written many journal articles, book chapters, and an occasional magazine column response, I had never before taken on the responsibility for an entire book. Knowing that Dr. Lewis had written a number of books and having great faith in her judgement, I solicited her recommendation for a publisher. Without hesitating, she suggested Garry Walz and ERIC/CASS. I am most grateful that she did. Garry expertly guided me through the complex process that turns an idea into three hundred and sixty pages. He respected my approach while making suggestions that improved the manuscript. He also guided me through the process of working with chapter authors. Steven Benish, Gary Bischof, Steven Craig, Dennis Pelsma, Fran Steigerwald, Patricia Stevens, and Richard Watts deserve their own recognition for taking the time and considerable effort to mold their style to an approach that allowed consistency throughout the book. After the chapters were completed, Dr. Walz catalyzed an innovative publishing collaboration between ERIC/CASS, the American Counseling Association, and the ACA Foundation. I am grateful to Richard Yep, ACA Executive Director, and Dr. Quincy Moore, Chair of the ACA Foundation, for their willingness to make this collaboration happen. In closing, let me simply state that if you want to write a book, there are no better hands to be in than Garry Walz and ERIC/CASS, Richard Yep and ACA, and Quincy Moore and the ACA Foundation. David M. Kaplan 0 vi