Description
Book Synopsis"Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for familytherapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature byfamily therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise,well organized and clearly written."
--Contemporary Psychology
A classic work which uses imaginative techniques to help achievebalance within the family. It gives attention to specific problemssuch as violence, drug abuse, and depression, and seeks the hiddenmeaning in these symptoms, which are clues to the underlying familystructure.
Trade Review"Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for family therapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature by family therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise, well organized and clearly written." (
Contemporary Psychology)
Table of ContentsForewords.
1. Dimensions of Family Therapy.
2. Elements of Strategic Family Therapy.
3. Marital Problems: Balancing Power.
4. Children's Problems: Three Paradoxical Strategies.
5. Parental Problems: Changing Child-Parent Interactions.
6. Severe Problems of Adolescence: Putting the Parents inCharge.
7. Night Terrors: A Case Study.
8. A Depressed Man: A Case Study.
9. Summary: Metaphor and Power.
