Mark A. Yarhouse & James N. Sells 
Family Therapies [EPUB ebook] 
A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal

In Family Therapies, Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey the major approaches to family therapy and treat significant psychotherapeutic issues within a Christian framework. A landmark work, this volume was written for those studying counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy.Fully updated and revised, this second edition includes new chapters on cohabitation, LGBT+ marriage, and family formation.Other issues covered include

– crisis and trauma
– marital conflict
– separation, divorce, and blended families
– substance abuse and addictions
– gender, culture, economic class, and race
– sexual identity Yarhouse and Sells conclude by casting a vision for an integrative Christian family therapy and offer timely wisdom for therapeutic practice in the midst of a diverse and rapidly changing global context.Family Therapies is an indispensable resource for those in the mental health professions, including counselors, psychologists, family therapists, social workers, and pastors.
Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part I: Foundational Considerations
1. A Christian Understanding for Family Therapy
2. Historical Foundations of Family Therapy
Part II: Models of Family Therapy
3. Bowenian Family Therapy
4. Strategic Family Therapy
5. Structural Family Therapy
6. Psychodynamic Family Therapy
7. Contextual Family Therapy
8. Experiential Family Therapy
9.. Solution-Focused Family Therapy
10. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy
11. Narrative Family Therapy
12. Toward an Integrative Christian Family Therapy
Part III: Integration of Family Theory with Critical Issues in Psychotherapy
13. Crisis and Trauma
14. Attending to Marital Conflict
15. Separation, Divorce, and Remarriage
16. Individual Psychopathology
17. Substance Abuse
18. Gender, Culture, Economic Class, and Race
19. Cohabiting Couples and Families: Christian Counseling’s New Reality
20. LGBT+ Couples and Families
Part IV: Casting a Vision
21. Conclusion: Casting a Vision for Christian Family Therapy
Author Index
Subject Index

Über den Autor

James N. Sells (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is professor of counseling and director of the Ph.D. program in counselor education and supervision at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he has taught since 2005. He is also a licensed psychologist and coauthored Family Therapies with Mark Yarhouse.