Collaborative Therapy with Multi-stressed Families (Guilford Family Therapy) (Paperback) By (author) William C. Madsen

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Title

Collaborative Therapy with Multi-stressed Families

Authors and contributors

By (author) William C. Madsen

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
Width: 156 mm
Height: 234 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight: 548 g

Audience

Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9781593854348
ISBN 10: 159385434X

Classifications

Dewey: 616.89156
Nielsen BookScan Product Class: S2.3
BISAC category code: SOC025000
BISAC category code: PSY041000
BISAC category code: FAM019000

Edition

2, Revised

Edition statement

2nd Revised edition

Publisher

Guilford Publications

Imprint name

Guilford Publications

Publication date

15 March 2007

Publication City/Country

New York/US

Review quote

'Too often therapy, like family life, can become problem-saturated, leaving clients and workers feeling overwhelmed and defeated. Madsen's strengths-oriented, collaborative approach addresses cultural and institutional constraints as it develops clients' potential to envision and realize more empowering life stories and possibilities. This book's clear, practical guidelines and case illustrations will be immediately useful for both beginning and seasoned therapists.' - Froma Walsh, PhD, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, USA 'Highly readable and brimming with ideas... Madsen provides a way of thinking about families that reflects narrative concepts and theories, coupled with practical steps and techniques designed to enhance and solidify therapeutic gains. Clinicians will welcome the many case examples as well as the specific, step-by-step guidance in such areas as therapeutic letter writing and report writing.' - Rachel T. Hare-Mustin, PhD, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA 'This second edition of Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families couldn't be more timely. Why? It goes to the heart of the most venerable tradition of social work concern - providing services and support to families in crisis, in the face of diminished resources and continually shifting mandates. Simultaneously, the book provides practice guidance based on approaches that deeply engage postmodern scholarship and its implicit politics. Recently, social work as a profession has become dispirited. This book breathes new life into its moral and political foundations.' - David Epston, MA, Family Therapy Centre, Auckland, New Zealand 'Madsen offers a compassionate, attentive, slowed-down way of being in relation to families in urgent situations that embodies the deepest respect, care, appreciation, and enjoyment of them as full persons, rather than as narrowly described bearers of problems. This engaging book is essential reading for all mental health, social service, health, education, legal, and other professionals who work with families in distress. Like the previous edition, it will hold a central place in my doctoral-level course in family therapy.' - Peter Fraenkel, PhD, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, City College of the City University of New York, USA

Main description

This text and professional resource offers an alternative approach to thinking about and working with "difficult" families. From a nonpathologizing stance, William C. Madsen demonstrates creative ways to help family members shift their relationship to longstanding problems; envision desired lives; and develop more proactive coping strategies. Anyone working with families in crisis, especially in settings where time and resources are scarce, will gain valuable insights and tools from this book. New to This Edition: *Incorporates the latest practice innovations*Many new case illustrations.*Appendices providing outlines for crafting collaborative assessments, therapy contracts, and other documentation that enhances accountability while also engaging clients and eliciting their strengths.

Biographical note

William C. Madsen, PhD, Family Institute of Cambridge, Watertown, MA, USA

Table of contents

Introduction: Reflective Practice in Frenzied Times. Working with Multi-Stressed Families: Recognizing the Importance of Relational Stance. What We See is What We Get: Reexamining Our Assessment Process. Collaboration is a Two-way Street: Engaging Reluctant Families. Developing a Proactive Vision to Guide Clinical Work: Collaborative Therapy Contracts. Collaborative Inquiry: An Anthropological Approach to "Intervening" with Families. Examining the Relationship Between Clients and the Problems in Their Lives. Helping Clients Shift Their Relationship to Problems and Develop Preferred Lives. Developing Communities to Support New Lives. Solidifying New Lives Through Therapeutic Documents. Sustaining a Collaborative Practice in the "Real" World. Appendicex A: One Example of a Strength-Based Assessment Outline. Appendix B: Questions to Assess Externalized Problems. Appendix C: Considerations in Collaborative Therapy Contracts. Appendix D: New Approaches to Termination in Clinical Practice. Appendix E: Coauthoring Termination/Consolidation Summaries with Clients.