Family Assessment: Integrating Multiple Clinical Perspectives

by Thomas Volker, Doug Sprenkle, Manfred Cierpka

This book on family assessment integrates psychodynamic and systemic perspectives in a unique way. U.S. and European authors draw from both perspectives and integrate their cultural backgrounds. In this book the family is evaluated on three levels: the individuals, the dyads and triads, and the family system. Interwoven with clinical examples the first part discusses the importance of the initial interview from the first contact with a family to goal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889372403
• ISBN13: 9780889372405
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"