John W. Thoburn, Thomas L. Sexton

Family Psychology (eBook, PDF)

Theory, Research, and Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440830730
• Artikelnr.: 68184294

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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