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The challenge facing the authors of texts that address the multiplicity and complexity of problems that may afflict families can be intimidating. Philip Barker has addressed this challenge head-on in each of the editions of this book. This task has been greatly facilitated by... Read Full Overview

The challenge facing the authors of texts that address the multiplicity and complexity of problems that may afflict families can be intimidating. Philip Barker has addressed this challenge head-on in each of the editions of this book. This task has been greatly facilitated by... Read Full Overview

The fourth edition of this well-established textbook offers a thorough, readable, and up-to-date survey of the field of family therapy, providing coverage of all contemporary schools of thought. The book has been comprehensively revised to take account of recent advances in the... Read Full Overview

Despite the advances that have occurred since the first edition of this book appeared in 1981, its aims remain the same. These are to provide a clear, easily read and readily understandable introduction to family therapy, and to guide the reader to sources of further information... Read Full Overview

The third edition of this established text provides an eclectic, readable, and up-to-date introduction to family therapy. It offers a basic orientation to the field and covers all the main contemporary schools of family therapy. The book also presents a coherent model of therapy... Read Full Overview