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Family Therapy [electronic resource] : An Interactional Approach / by Maurizio Andolfi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1979Edition: 1st ed. 1979Description: 186 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461329619
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 158.3 23
LOC classification:
  • BF636.5-.7
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: The Family as an Interactional System -- Premises -- Toward a Redefinition of Diagnosis and Intervention -- 1. Formation of the Therapeutic System -- The Therapeutic Team -- The First Session -- The Therapeutic Contract -- 2. Redefinition in Family Therapy -- Redefinition of the Therapeutic Relationship -- Redefinition of the Context -- Redefinition of the Problem -- 3. Space and Action in Family Therapy -- Nonverbal Communication -- The Meaning of Space -- Action Techniques: Sculpting -- Children and Play in Family Therapy -- 4. Tasks -- Directiveness in Family Therapy -- Restructuring Tasks -- Paradoxical Tasks -- Metaphorical Tasks -- 5. Examples of Structural Family Therapy -- Achieving Autonomy: The Case of Luciano -- A Family with an Encopretic Child.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: Dr. Maurizio Andolfi, "Andi" to my dog and me, is one of the fourth­ generation family therapy theorists. This book, which he calls "interac­ tional," is probably one you would not enjoy. Maybe you could give it to a rival colleague on his birthday. Combining the teachings of Zwerling and Laperriere with Ferber is confusing. Add to that a Horney analysis and stir with two ounces of Minuchin and a dram of Haley, and Andolfi becomes distracting to his friends and colleagues. His work with Can­ crini reacculturated him somewhat, but a Roman is a Roman, and, of course, he could not understand such problems as those we conquer in the United States. Assuming your rival is a well-trained, cause-and-effect thinker, you might find ways to watch him squirm. If he has not tried paradoxical methods, expect him to take a long vacation from work. If he is already a good family therapist, he may become a bit hypomanic, and his team may talk to you in private. Encourage them to suggest that he work harder and stop reading the book or, better still, donate it to the social­ work school library; they will read anything. If the team complains that the book advises teaching sick families how to be their own therapists, resist any impulse to check this out. No family could become self­ reparative when it is already dysfunctional. We know that professional help is the only hope.
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Introduction: The Family as an Interactional System -- Premises -- Toward a Redefinition of Diagnosis and Intervention -- 1. Formation of the Therapeutic System -- The Therapeutic Team -- The First Session -- The Therapeutic Contract -- 2. Redefinition in Family Therapy -- Redefinition of the Therapeutic Relationship -- Redefinition of the Context -- Redefinition of the Problem -- 3. Space and Action in Family Therapy -- Nonverbal Communication -- The Meaning of Space -- Action Techniques: Sculpting -- Children and Play in Family Therapy -- 4. Tasks -- Directiveness in Family Therapy -- Restructuring Tasks -- Paradoxical Tasks -- Metaphorical Tasks -- 5. Examples of Structural Family Therapy -- Achieving Autonomy: The Case of Luciano -- A Family with an Encopretic Child.

Dr. Maurizio Andolfi, "Andi" to my dog and me, is one of the fourth­ generation family therapy theorists. This book, which he calls "interac­ tional," is probably one you would not enjoy. Maybe you could give it to a rival colleague on his birthday. Combining the teachings of Zwerling and Laperriere with Ferber is confusing. Add to that a Horney analysis and stir with two ounces of Minuchin and a dram of Haley, and Andolfi becomes distracting to his friends and colleagues. His work with Can­ crini reacculturated him somewhat, but a Roman is a Roman, and, of course, he could not understand such problems as those we conquer in the United States. Assuming your rival is a well-trained, cause-and-effect thinker, you might find ways to watch him squirm. If he has not tried paradoxical methods, expect him to take a long vacation from work. If he is already a good family therapist, he may become a bit hypomanic, and his team may talk to you in private. Encourage them to suggest that he work harder and stop reading the book or, better still, donate it to the social­ work school library; they will read anything. If the team complains that the book advises teaching sick families how to be their own therapists, resist any impulse to check this out. No family could become self­ reparative when it is already dysfunctional. We know that professional help is the only hope.

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