Family Therapy

by William J. Doherty and Susan H. McDaniel

In Family Therapy, William J. Doherty and Susan H. McDaniel discuss the history, theory, and practice of this systems-oriented therapy.

There are many different types of family therapy, but at the heart of each is systems theory, a model that arose from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry, and cybernetics. The main clinical precept of family systems theory is that individual problems must be understood within their larger...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433805499
• ISBN13: 9781433805493
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"