Marriage and Family Therapy: A Practice-Oriented Approach

562 Pages·2011·2.85 MB·English

by  Linda Metcalf

Marriage and Family Therapy
M A R R I AG E
A PRACTICE-ORIENTED APPROACH
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“Each chapter will provide you, the reader, with background, assumptions and concepts, typical
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interventions and practices, and evaluation strategies of a multitude of approaches to therapy….
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When you are finished…you will be able to understand the basis for family therapy and to integrate
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ideas from the founding approaches, melding them into a coherence that will be all your own.”
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“Linda Metcalf’s Marriage and Family Therapy text is an excellent book for novice therapists,
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students, as well as people like me who have practiced many years, because it offers very clear,
concise, and easily understandable explanations of the major Marriage & Family Therapy theories.
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There are many different models of marriage and family therapy; the challenge for students and
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beginning practitioners is deciding which one best suits their purposes. This highly practical R
volume elucidates the defining characteristics of 14 contemporary models, including their history, n
views of change, views of family and the role of the therapist; and methods of assessing family
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dynamics, goal setting; facilitating change; and knowing when to terminate. Each chapter also
includes realistic case studies—many drawn from actual practice—to illustrate how each model
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would address common issues.
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In addition, the volume includes extensive interviews with master therapists such as Albert Ellis,
Insoo Kim Berg, Sue Johnson, Susan McDaniel, Derald Wing Sue, and many others. They share
their ideas of the ways in which change occurs, how they set goals, and how they perform therapy.
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• Introduces the theory, history, theoretical assumptions, techniques, and
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components of each model
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• Includes a template for using each model
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• Suggests questions, therapeutic strategies, and/or comments to consider
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Marriage and Family Therapy
Linda Metcalf, PhD, LMFT, is a tenured professor of education and director of the School Counsel-
ing Program at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Metcalf has been a licensed mar-
riage and family therapist for 17 years and has taught marriage and family therapy (MFT) since 2004.
Her approach to teaching MFT incorporates skill building and application of theoretical constructs in
experiential exercises, which resulted in this work. She has used the systemic approach in work with
schools as a school counselor and frequently consults internationally with schools and school districts.
She is a former president of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the current
president of the American Association for Marriage and Family (2011–2012). She has been married to
Roger Metcalf for 36 years, and together, they have reared three children—Roger Jr., Kelli, and Ryan.
She is the author of nine books: Counseling Toward Solutions: A Practical Solution-Focused Pro-
gram for Working with Students, Teachers, and Parents; The Field Guide to Counseling Toward Solutions:
The Solution-Focused School; Parenting Toward Solutions: How Parents Can Use Skills They Already Have
to Raise Responsible, Loving Kids; Teaching Toward Solutions; Solution-Focused RTI: A Positive and Per-
sonalized Approach to Response to Intervention; Solution Focused Group Therapy: Ideas for Groups in Pri-
vate Practice, Schools, Agencies, and Treatment Programs; The Miracle Question: Answer It and Change
Your Life; How to Say It to Get Into the College of Your Choice: Application, Essay, and Interview Strate-
gies to Get You the Big Envelope; and the coauthor with Elliott Connie of The Art of Solution Focused
Therapy, by Springer Publishing.
Marriage and Family Therapy
A Practice-Oriented Approach
Linda Metcalf, PhD, LMFT
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Marriage and family therapy : a practice-oriented approach / Linda Metcalf, editor.
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ISBN 978-0-8261-0681-0
1. Marital psychotherapy. 2. Family psychotherapy. I. Metcalf, Linda.
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To my family,
and to those who learn and practice
the art of marriage and family therapy.
You hold the key to helping families create
successful future generations.

Contents
Contributors ix
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
I: INTRODUCTION
1. The Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy 1
Linda Metcalf
2. The Self of the Therapist 21
Katherine A. Goodell, Britt G. Sudderth,
and Corey D. Allan
II: THEORIES IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
3. Bowen Family Systems Theory 39
Mary Ann Crossno
4. Contextual Family Therapy 65
Edita Ruzgyte
5. Cognitive Behavioral Models of Family Therapy 91
Fallon Cluxton-Keller
6. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy 129
Fallon Cluxton-Keller
7. Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy 147
Amanda Martin
8. Satir Human Validation Process Model 175
Jessica Martinez, Beth Hollingsworth, Christina Stanley,
Reva Shephard, and Linda Lee
9. Milan Systemic Family Therapy 201
Leslie E. Storms
10. Structural Family Therapy 229
Yueh-Ting (Tim) Lee
11. Strategic Family Therapy 255
Tiffany Nicole Smith, Edita Ruzgyte,
and Donald Spinks
viii CoNTENTS
12. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Families 287
Kelly Backhaus
13. Narrative Therapy With Families 313
Carla Atkinson Leslie
14. Emotionally Focused Therapy 341
Edita Ruzgyte and Donald Spinks
15. Medical Family Therapy 365
Teresa Masdon
16. Family Psychoeducation 389
Fallon Cluxton-Keller
III: OTHER ISSUES IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
17. Supervision in Marriage and Family Therapy 411
Sean B. Stokes and Billee K. C. Molarte
18. Research in Marriage and Family Therapy 443
Elizabeth M. Goodson Beasley
19. Ethical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy 475
Beena Benny
20. The Family Therapist and Diversity 509
Kelly M. Taylor and Tiffany Nicole Smith
Index 533
Contributors
Corey D. Allan, MD, PhD, LMFT Carla Atkinson Leslie, MS, LMFT-A
Private Practice, Allen, Texas Program Director for Journey of Hope Grief
Editor of Simple Marriages Support Center
Plano, Texas
Kelly Backhaus, PhD, LMFT, CPC
Adjunct Professor, Western Wyoming Amanda Martin, LPC, LMFT, PhD-C
Community College Texas Woman’s University
Military Family Life Consultant Department of Family Sciences
Rock Springs, Wyoming Denton, Texas
Elizabeth M. Goodson Beasley, MS, LMFT Jessica Martinez, BS
University of North Texas Probation officer, Tarrant County
Department of Education Texas Wesleyan University
Denton, Texas Fort Worth, Texas
Beena Benny, LPC, LMFT Teresa Masdon, PhD, RN, LMFT
Elementary School Mental Health Professional Private Practice, Enjoy Your Life Center
Fort Worth, Texas Dallas, Texas
Fallon Cluxton-Keller, MA, PhD, LMFT Linda Metcalf, PhD, LMFT
Postdoctoral Fellow Director of the School Counseling Program
Baltimore, Maryland Professor, Texas Wesleyan University
Department of Education
Mary Ann Crossno, MS, LMFT Fort Worth, Texas
Private Practice
Dallas, Texas Billee K. C. Molarte, MS, LPC
Texas Woman’s University
Katherine A. Goodell, MS, LMFT Department of Family Sciences
Private Practice Denton, Texas
Flower Mound, Texas
Edita Ruzgyte, PhD, LPC
Beth Hollingsworth, MS Assistant Professor, Texas Wesleyan University
Texas Wesleyan University Department of Education
Department of Education Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Reva Shephard, MA, LPC-I
Linda Lee, BA Texas Wesleyan University
Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Tiffany Nicole Smith, MS, LPC, LMFT, NCC
Yueh-Ting (Tim) Lee, PhD Private Practice, Tiffany Smith Counseling, Inc.
Assistant Professor, National University of Tainan Flower Mound, Texas
Taiwan