The Origins of Family Psychotherapy: The NIMH Family Study Project

by Murray Bowen

Book Overview

Family therapy has become a well-established treatment modality across many mental health disciplines including clinical social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and counseling. This book tells the story of how family therapy began based on the work of one of the pioneers of family theory and therapy, Murray Bowen, M.D. Bowen's psychiatric training began at the Menninger Foundation in 1946. It was during the later part of his eight years at Menninger's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442247762
• ISBN13: 9781442247765
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 9.0"