Bridges for Healing: Integrating Family Therapy and Psychopharmacology

by Roy Resnikoff

This book promotes the careful use of psychopharmacology together with family therapy. Previous books have emphasized pharmacology for specific illnesses such as bipolar illness with a family focused... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583910506
• ISBN13: 9781583910504
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Bridges for Healing

This book has given me new insight into and appreciation of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. Dr. Resnikoff's model promotes flexibility and balance in the use of medication and therapy: His model demonstrates how crucial it is for the therapist to observe and listen to client(s) initially, and as therapy proceeds. The examples that Resnikoff offers should help individuals and especially therapists in training learn the value and importance of integrating therapy and psychopharmacology.

Psychology Meets Biology

As a non-professional in family therapy, it took me a couple of chapters to fully understand Dr. Resnikoff's model. My bias against using drugs in therapy was also a hurdle I needed to overcome in appreciating Resnikoff's thesis which is that therapists need to be less dogmatic and adopt a kind of post-modern approach to therapy. Rather than dismissing one approach or school of thought for another, the author has developed a multi-dimensional model incorporating "talk therapy" and "drug therapy" in the treatment of patients. At the end of the day, Resnikoff's inclusivity and open-mindedness won me over where I understood and fully appreciated his complex approach. The "read" gets good too when he introduces case studies and examples from his own life to the text. Although not a simple book for a non-professional in psychotherapy, I found the book very rewarding. I find myself using Resnikoff's model as I go through life.

Bridges for healing

I found this book entertaining and instructive concerning the different techniques used by the author to treat family problems. I particularly enjoyed his "real-life" case examples.