Family Psychology
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4408-3072-3 (ISBN)
This significant book explains why family psychology—an entirely different field from family therapy—provides a cutting-edge description of human behavior in context and as such represents the wave of the future in psychology.
Family Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice is the definitive introductory text on family psychology, a fast-growing specialty and increasingly dominant voice for the field in the 21st century. Authors John W. Thoburn, PhD, ABPP, and Tom Sexton, PhD, ABPP, have created the first introductory book focused on this specialty, laying the groundwork that students as well as developing therapists can use to understand the basics of family psychology.
This single-volume book makes the history and development of family psychology relevant to contemporary research and practice, explaining how the ecosystemic approach of family psychology provides a cutting-edge description of human behavior in context and as such is the most promising field in psychology. It addresses the history, research, theory, treatments, diagnoses, and assessment of family psychology; ethics and supervision along with related areas such as systems sex therapy; family forensic psychology; international family psychology; and systems consultation, providing a comprehensive overview of the career and practice of family psychology. Family Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice also identifies how it differs from the individualistic therapy of traditional psychology and how it differs from the field of marriage and family therapy. Chapters include vignettes from family sessions that effectively illustrate the issues being addressed and examine the significance of gender, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
John W. Thoburn, PhD, ABPP, is professor of clinical psychology at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. Thomas L. Sexton, PhD, ABPP, is director of the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies and professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at the School of Education, Indiana University-Bloomington.
Illustrations
Preface: Looking through the Systemic Lens
Acknowledgments
Section I: Family Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice
Chapter 1. What Is Family Psychology?
Defining Family Psychology
The "Praxis" of Family Psychology
Becoming a Family Psychologist
Conclusions: What Is Next?
Chapter 2. The Systemic Epistemology of Family Psychology
Revolution and Evolution: From the Individual to the System
Systems Epistemology: The Core of Family Psychology
Structures and Processes of Relational Systems
Every System Is More Than the Sum of the Parts
Importance of Context: The Place of Culture and Diversity in Systemic Thinking
Unifying Threads of Family Psychology
Conclusions: What Is Next?
Chapter 3. Through the Systemic Lens: Families, Problems, and Change
The Role of Theories
The Pioneering Theories of Family Psychology
Relational Family Systems: Systemic Perspectives on Families' Relational Systems
A Systemic View of Clinical Problems
Conclusions: What Is Next?
Chapter 4. The Scientific Foundations of Family Psychology
Science and the Scientific Method
Domains of Family Psychology Research
Types of Family Psychology Research
What Is Good Family Psychology Research?
What Do We Know about What We Do?
Support for the Epistemological Perspective
Do Family Psychology Clinical Interventions Work?
Being a Scientist-Practitioner-Based Family Psychologist
The Research-Practice Dialectic
Conclusions: What Is Next?
Section II: The Clinical Practice of Family Psychology
Chapter 5. Mapping the Territory of Clinical Practice
Mapping the Territory of Therapeutic Change in Family Psychology
Clinical Interventions in Family Psychology
Process of Change
Conclusions and What Is Next?
Chapter 6: Case Planning and Clinical Assessment
The Role of Clinical Assessment and Clinical Case Planning
What This All Means and What Is Next?
Chapter 7: Family-Focused Clinical Intervention Models
Theoretically Based Models
Evidence-Based Clinical Intervention Models
Conclusions: What Is Next?
Chapter 8. Couple-Focused Clinical Intervention Models
Theoretically Based Models
Evidence-Based Approaches
Thoughts, Comments, and What's Next?
Section III: The Professional Context of Family Psychology
Chapter 9. Specialty Areas of Family Psychology
Sex Therapy
International Family Psychology
Collaborative Health Care
Family Forensic Psychology
Conclusions: What Is Next?
Chapter 10. Training, Supervision, and Ethics in Family Psychology
Training in Family Psychology
Supervision in Family Psychology
Ethics in Family Psychology
Conclusions and Reflections
Epilogue: The Art of Science, Practice, and Theory in Family Psychology
References
Index
| Sprache | englisch |
|---|---|
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 624 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4408-3072-X / 144083072X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4408-3072-3 / 9781440830723 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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