Family therapy in focus - Rivett, Mark (SAGE Publications, 2003)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-183) and index
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Beginning at a beginning: family therapy as critique; Chapter 2 -- A troubled legacy? Systems theory and family therapy; Chapter 3 -- Family therapy's affair with post-modernism; Chapter 4 -- Freedom or control? The sociological critique of family therapy; Chapter 5 -- Who are the family therapists?; Chapter 6 -- Social policy, social justice and family therapy; Chapter 7 -- Where is the individual?; Chapter 8 -- Does it work?; Chapter 9 -- How does it all go together?; Chapter 10 -- Beginning at an ending: beyond 'both/and'; References; Index
Mark Rivett and Eddy Street draw on many years' experience in practice, teaching and research, present philosophical, sociological and empirical views of family therapy. Balancing the perceived benefits against the potential limitations, they pose questions, which challenge those within the profession to think hard about their role