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Family Therapies

A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal

Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

Second Edition

by Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells

Family Therapies
Ebook
  • Length: 512 pages
  • Published: August 04, 2017
  • Imprint: IVP Academic
  • ISBN: 9780830889051
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Christian therapists doing family therapy have never had a resource to help them navigate the various family therapy theories from a Christian perspective--until now.In this book Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey the major approaches to family therapy and treat, within a Christian framework, significant psychotherapeutic issues. The wide array of issues covered includes

  • crisis and trauma
  • marital conflict
  • separation, divorce and blended families
  • individual psychopathology
  • substance abuse and addictions
  • gender, culture, economic class and race
  • sexual identity

Calling for an integrated approach of "responsible eclecticism," they conclude with a vision for Christian family therapy.A landmark work providing critical Christian engagement with existing models of family therapy, this volume was written for those studying counseling, social work, psychology or family therapy. Family Therapies will also serve asan indispensable resource for those in the mental health professions, including counselors, psychologists, family therapists, social workers and pastors.

REVIEWS

"Yarhouse and Sells have created a masterpiece work analyzing approaches to family therapies. This is going to be a new classic, matching the accomplishment of Jones and Butman's analysis of psychotherapies in their book, Modern Psychotherapies."
"Mark Yarhouse and James Sells have written a very helpful book that is comprehensive, biblically based and well-written. I highly recommend it as an excellent text for those interested in a Christian approach to family therapy."
"Yarhouse and Sells have written a practical, concise, invaluable, one- of-a-kind resource that integrates biblical, theological, psychological, theoretical, clinical and practical resources in ways that help the reader look at the family and family therapy through different lenses and better understand the individual in the context of their broader family system. This book will be read and reread by a broad audience."
"In Family Therapies, Yarhouse and Sells provide an important resource for Christian scholars and therapists. The first two sections provide a thoughtful foundation and Christian critique of existing therapy models, reminiscent of what Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman accomplished in their classic book, Modern Psychotherapies, but with a focus on models of family therapy. The third section, which could have been a book on its own, looks at contemporary issues in relation to a Christian perspective on family therapy. The final section casts a vision for an integrative model of family therapy. This is a significant book that will help shape the training and practice of Christian therapists."
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CONTENTS

Preface

Part 1: Foundational Considerations
1. A Christian Understanding for Family Therapy
2. Historical Foundations of Family Therapy

Part 2: 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 3: 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. Sexual Identity

Part 4: Casting a Vision
20. Casting a Vision for Christian Family Therapy

Author Index
Subject Index

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ABOUT Mark A. Yarhouse

Mark A. Yarhouse

Mark A. Yarhouse (PsyD, Wheaton College) is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College. His books include Modern Psychopathologies, Sexuality and Sex Therapy, and Understanding Gender Dysphoria.

ABOUT James N. Sells

James N. Sells

James N. Sells (PhD, University of Southern California) is professor of counseling, shares the Rosemary S. Hughes Professor of Christian Thought and Mental Health, and codirects the Charis Institute at Regent University. He is coeditor of Ministering to Families in Crisis and the author of several books including Family Therapies and Beyond the Clinical Hour.

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