Mastering Resistance: A Practical Guide to Family Therapy

by Carol M. Anderson, Susan Stewart, Susan Stewart

Book Overview

Resistance--any attitude or behavior of the therapist, patient, or system that resists change--is integral to every therapeutic relationship. Family therapists are all too familiar with challenges to their professional credentials, families' reluctance to convene for treatment, cancellations, rejection of therapy, requests to exclude a family member, and numerous other maneuvers that frustrate therapeutic goals. Mastering Resistance presents concrete,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898620449
• ISBN13: 9780898620443
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"