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The family crucible / Augustus Y. Napier ; with Carl A. Whitaker.

By: Napier, Augustus.
Contributor(s): Whitaker, Carl A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Quill, 2002 1988Description: xiii, 301 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0060914890.Subject(s): Family psychotherapy -- Case studiesDDC classification: 616.8915
Contents:
The question of structure -- A beginning -- Origins -- The concept of the system -- Initiative -- The basic conflict -- Grandmother's ghost -- Toward marriage -- A partial resolution -- Releasing -- The underlying crisis -- Return -- Hate -- The therapeutic moment -- Collision course -- Carolyn -- The terrible choice -- David -- David's family -- Ending therapy -- Forum.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 616.8915 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00116350
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"If you have a troubled marriage, a troubled child, a troubled self, if you're in therapy or think that there's no help for your predicament, The Family Crucible will give you insights . . . that are remarkably fresh and helpful."--New York Times Book Review

The classic groundbreaking book on family therapy by acclaimed experts Augustus Y. Napier, Ph.D., and Carl Whitaker, M.D.

This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families--stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating, triangulation, blaming, and the diffusion of identity--and you will gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family therapy.

Reprint of 1st Perennial Library ed., 1988; originally published by Harper & Row, 1978.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-293) and index.

The question of structure -- A beginning -- Origins -- The concept of the system -- Initiative -- The basic conflict -- Grandmother's ghost -- Toward marriage -- A partial resolution -- Releasing -- The underlying crisis -- Return -- Hate -- The therapeutic moment -- Collision course -- Carolyn -- The terrible choice -- David -- David's family -- Ending therapy -- Forum.