Understanding and Helping Families: A Cognitive-behavioral Approach

by Mark A. Fine, Andrew I. Schwebel, Andrew I Schwebel

This book presents a new approach to understanding the family unit and how and why it functions as it does. The approach focuses on the cognitions of family members and how these, in turn, shape individuals' behavior and the functioning of the family system.

The use of the cognitive-behavioral perspective in family science has gained a quick and broad acceptance among social scientists and practitioners during the past decade. One reason for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805814493
• ISBN13: 9780805814491
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"