Leaving Home: The Therapy of Disturbed Young People

By Jay Haley

Book Overview

Leaving Home presents a method of family therapy at the stage when children are leaving home. It includes a special classification of young people with problems, and tackles family orientation, the therapist support system, the first interview, apathy, troublemaking, a heroin problem, a chronic case, and resolved and unresolved issues.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138884456
• ISBN13: 9781138884458
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An important classic in adolescent psychotherapy

This book describes a strategic approach to dealing with very disturbed youth. Published in 1980, it remains a classic in the field.