Description

Book Synopsis
Deliberate practice exercises allow students and trainees to rehearse systemic family therapy (SFT) skills to develop basic competence and hone their own personal therapeutic style.

Table of Contents

Series Preface
Tony Rousmaniere and Alexandre Vaz
Acknowledgments

Part I. Overview and Instructions
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview of Deliberate Practice and Systemic Family Therapy
Chapter 2. Instructions for the Systemic Family Therapy Deliberate Practice Exercises

Part II. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Systemic Family Therapy Skills

Exercises for Beginner Systemic Family Therapy Skills
Exercise 1. Providing a Systemic Rationale for Treatment
Exercise 2. Building the Therapeutic Alliance: Establishing Bonds and Joining the System
Exercise 3. Reframing the Problem
Exercise 4. Interactional Structuring: Deescalation

Exercises for Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy Skills
Exercise 5. Avoiding Triangulation
Exercise 6. Highlighting Boundaries
Exercise 7. Systemic Questions: Fostering Perspective-Taking
Exercise 8. Engendering Hope

Exercises for Advanced Systemic Family Therapy Skills
Exercise 9. Attention to Diversity
Exercise 10. Building the Therapeutic Alliance: Establishing Therapeutic Goals
Exercise 11. Tracking the Interactional Cycle
Exercise 12. Interactional Structuring: Initiating Enactments

Comprehensive Exercises
Exercise 13. Annotated Systemic Family Therapy Practice Session Transcript
Exercise 14. Mock Systemic Family Therapy Sessions

Part III. Strategies for Enhancing the Deliberate Practice Exercises
Chapter 3. How to Get the Most Out of Deliberate Practice: Additional Guidance for Trainers and Trainees

Appendix A. Difficulty Assessments and Adjustments
Appendix B. Deliberate Practice Diary Form
Appendix C. Sample Systemic Family Therapy Syllabus With Embedded Deliberate Practice Exercises
References
Index
About the Authors

Deliberate Practice in Systemic Family Therapy

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    Publisher: American Psychological Association
    Publication Date: 04/10/2022
    ISBN13: 9781433837630, 978-1433837630
    ISBN10: 1433837633
    Also in:
    Clinical psychology Psychotherapy: couples and families Psychology

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Deliberate practice exercises allow students and trainees to rehearse systemic family therapy (SFT) skills to develop basic competence and hone their own personal therapeutic style.

    Table of Contents

    Series Preface
    Tony Rousmaniere and Alexandre Vaz
    Acknowledgments

    Part I. Overview and Instructions
    Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview of Deliberate Practice and Systemic Family Therapy
    Chapter 2. Instructions for the Systemic Family Therapy Deliberate Practice Exercises

    Part II. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Systemic Family Therapy Skills

    Exercises for Beginner Systemic Family Therapy Skills
    Exercise 1. Providing a Systemic Rationale for Treatment
    Exercise 2. Building the Therapeutic Alliance: Establishing Bonds and Joining the System
    Exercise 3. Reframing the Problem
    Exercise 4. Interactional Structuring: Deescalation

    Exercises for Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy Skills
    Exercise 5. Avoiding Triangulation
    Exercise 6. Highlighting Boundaries
    Exercise 7. Systemic Questions: Fostering Perspective-Taking
    Exercise 8. Engendering Hope

    Exercises for Advanced Systemic Family Therapy Skills
    Exercise 9. Attention to Diversity
    Exercise 10. Building the Therapeutic Alliance: Establishing Therapeutic Goals
    Exercise 11. Tracking the Interactional Cycle
    Exercise 12. Interactional Structuring: Initiating Enactments

    Comprehensive Exercises
    Exercise 13. Annotated Systemic Family Therapy Practice Session Transcript
    Exercise 14. Mock Systemic Family Therapy Sessions

    Part III. Strategies for Enhancing the Deliberate Practice Exercises
    Chapter 3. How to Get the Most Out of Deliberate Practice: Additional Guidance for Trainers and Trainees

    Appendix A. Difficulty Assessments and Adjustments
    Appendix B. Deliberate Practice Diary Form
    Appendix C. Sample Systemic Family Therapy Syllabus With Embedded Deliberate Practice Exercises
    References
    Index
    About the Authors

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