Family Scripts

by Joan D. Atwood

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560324015
• ISBN13: 9781560324010
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Length: 384 Pages

Customer Reviews

Doing Therapy With Family Scripts

This is an excellent new text. The field of family therapy has recently embraced social construction theory, emphasizing the importance of language and social environments. Family Scripts applies social constructionist assumptions to various therapeutic situations. The first three chapters introduce notions of social scripting (habitual ways of dealing with life's tasks). The remaining chapters then apply the theory of "scripting" to common clinical family situations seen in therapy, such as death and grief in the family, premarital childbearing, children with disabilities, adolescence, couple therapy, chemical dependence in the family, AIDS in the family, and family violence. This is a sophisticated text for graduate courses or experienced clinicians

Doing Therapy With Family Scripts

This is an excellent new text. The field of family therapy has recently embraced social construction theory, emphasizing the importance of language and social environments. Family Scripts applies social constructionist assumptions to various therapeutic situations. The first three chapters introduce notions of social scripting (habitual ways of dealing with life's tasks). The remaining chapters then apply the theory of "scripting" to common clinical family situations seen in therapy, such as death and grief in the family, premarital childbearing, children with disabilities, adolescence, couple therapy, chemical dependence in the family, AIDS in the family, and family violence. This is a sophisticated text for graduate courses or experienced clinicians.