Product Description
The fourth edition of Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice is a comprehensive and developmental textbook. It covers all aspects of working with families. It begins by helping students understand the differences between functional and dysfunctional families. It then explains basic processes involved in treating couples and families before it delves into a dozen theoretical ways of treating families. This text covers the history of family therapy, multicultural aspects of family therapy, ways of working with various types of families, ethical and legal issues in involved in family therapy, and ways of assessing families. This is the most thorough and well written text in the field.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 4 reviews)

Excellent resource by C. Dominick (Rutgers University, NJ)

4 Stars
February 13, 2009
THis was a comprehensive look at Family Therapy. THis will become part of my library. It is a great resource. Easy read.

Informative, but... by B. Clark

2 Stars
May 21, 2008
Well-structured book and very informative, but very poorly written. This is a set text for a class I am taking in graduate school for my doctorate in clinical psychology. The author uses excessive quotations from other sources - sometimes one wonders if this author thinks critically about anything he writes. Paragraphs are often fragmented; for example the end of this paragraph on page 339 (4th ed): "The behaviours that go with substance abuse or dependence permeate and penetrate into other relationships and impact the actions of everyone who comes in contact with the person who has the disorder. 'Estimates of the economic costs of mental and substance abuse disorders in the United States are in excess of $200 billion per year' (Evans et al., 2005, p.621'" (end of paragraph). Not only does this second sentence seem inappropriate following the first, the author has already mentioned costs to the economy 3 times in the past two pages. Further, the author frequently uses rather (may I say) useless 'filler' statements. For example, the first statement in the above-mentioned paragraph is one which a graduate student would already be expected to be aware of. May I also point out that this textbook is rather America-centric and practically ignores data from international communities. Recommended for undergraduate American students, not recommended for either American or non-American graduate students.

returned book by Doyle Earles

1 Stars
February 24, 2007
Not much to say, I returned both books because you were higher in price than another source. Also, I got two books because you gave me no indication that the purchase was completed. You should review your internet ordering methods. I clicked one button ordering and never knew if it had taken or not, so I did it again, therefore, getting two books. Then I found a cheaper source and returned your books. Fix the thing and I will order again. I have ordered several books in the past, so I'm not new to this, just new to bad service by you prople and your method of one click ordering.

Very Informative! by Molly L. Akin (Commerce, TX United States)

5 Stars
March 21, 2006
This book was a requirement for a Marriage and Family Counseling class. It is written very well and is a very easy read compared to many text books I've had to read. Gladding is always a good choicein textbooks!

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