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Metaframeworks: Transcending the Models of Family Therapy
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▼▲| Title: Metaframeworks: Transcending the Models of Family Therapy By: Douglas C. Breunlin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Vendor: Jossey-Bass, Inc Publication Date: 1997 | Dimensions: 8.94 X 6.04 X 1.09 (inches) Weight: 2 pounds ISBN: 0787910708 ISBN-13: 9780787910709 Stock No: WW910709 |
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▼▲This breakthrough book takes you beyond the theoretical boundariesthat currently constrain family therapy and leads instead to aninnovative approach. The authors analyze the different orientationsof family therapy schools and provide a foundation forunderstanding the fundamental concepts that underlie allapproaches. By integrating these multiple models of therapy, ormetaframeworks, you can improve the flexibility andcomprehensiveness of your treatment?without having to abandon yourtraining. Full of practical ideas, methods, and examples,Metaframeworks offers a wealth of guidelines for applying theseinnovative strategies to a wide range of clinical problems andpopulations.
Author Bio
▼▲DOUGLAS C. BREUNLIN is vice president and chief operating officer of the Family Institute at Northwestern University.
RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ is a member of the senior faculty of the Family Institute at Northwestern University.
BETTY MAC KUNE-KARRER is director of the Family Systems Program of the Institute for Juvenile Research and clinical associate in psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Editorial Reviews
▼▲?Those new to family therapy will find that this book offers aclear introduction to systems thinking and allows for comparisonand contrast of existing models of family therapy across thedimensions represented by the six metaframeworks.? (Families inSociety: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services)
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