Strategic Family Therapy

by Cloe Madanes

Book Overview

"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 A classic work which uses imaginative techniques to help achieve balance within the family. It gives attention to specific problems such as violence, drug abuse, and depression, and seeks the hidden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875894879
• ISBN13: 9780875894874
• Release Date: February 1981
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Good work

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A Genuine Masterpiece

There are plenty of "family therapy" tomes these days, but few that describe honest-to-god paradigam shifts, that change the very way we think about the nature of help. This is one of those books. It is a masterpiece of original thinking from one of great humanistic leaders of our field -- a therapist who has always wanted to help the family, not make a brilliant diagnosis or find the right pill. Start with this book, then read all of the author's other books; they all should be required for any person who carries a family therapy license. And you should look for them on the book shelf of your therapist in his or her office.

A Must-Read for Psychotherapists

If you are going to be a well-read psychotherapist, this text is one of the must-reads. This book introduced some of the basics of modern family therapy including pretend techniques with children.