Book reviews

S. Walrond-Skinner (Ed.), Developments in Family Therapy, Theories and Applications since 1948
S. Box, E. Copley, J. Magagna and E. Moustaki (Eds). Psychotherapy with Families—an Analytic Approach
Judith Lask and Bryan Lask, Child Psychiatry and Social Work
A. Gurman and D. Kniskern (Eds), Handbook of Family Therapy
Kalman Flomenhaft and Adolph E. Christ (Eds), The Challenge of Family Therapy. A Dialogue for Child Psychiatric Educators
Alan S. Gurman (Ed.), Questions and Answers in the Practice of Family Therapy     

Book reviews

Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, Foundations of Contextual Therapy: Collected Papers of Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman and Kay Paslay, Remarriage Christopher Clulow and Christopher Vincent, In the Child's Best Interests? Divorce Court Welfare and the Search for a Settlement Peter Maher, Child Abuse, the Educational Perspective Norman Fredman and Robert Sherman, Handbook of Measurement for Marriage and Family Therapy Nora Groce, Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language Barrie Thorne and Marilyn Yalom (Eds), Rethinking The Family. Some Feminist Questions Arnold Mindell, The Dreambody in Relationships     

Healing the Wounds of the Mahantdori

The magnitude of the Mahantdori, or Cambodian holocaust, must be understood by therapists who are trying to help the survivors deal with the illness and injuries that are a product of this destruction. This paper presents an overview of the events that have come to be known as the Mahantdori and a model for treating the multiple levels of trauma with which the Cambodian family must deal. The Contextual Model of Family Therapy, as described by Ivan Borzormenyi-Nagy, is used as the structure for helping to rebuild trust within the family while at the same time treating the injuries of the individual family members. The changing role of Cambodian women and their need to form new support groups because of their devastating loss of family are described.     

Book reviews

Eddy Street and Windy Dryden, Family Therapy in Britain
E. Imber-Black, J. Roberts and R. Whiting, Rituals in Families and Family Therapy
Arnon Bentovim, Anne Elton, Judy Hildebrand, Marianne Tranter, and Eileen Vizard. Child Sexual Abuse Within The Family; Assessment and Treatment
David Campbell, Ros Draper and Clare Huffington, Teaching Systemic Thinking
R. Hinde and J. Stcvenson-Hinde, Relationships within Families: Mutual Influences
Sue Walrond-Skinner, Family Matters: The Pastoral Care of Personal Relationships
Thelma Jean Goodrich, Cheryl Rampage, Barbara Ellman and Kris Halstead, Feminist Family Therapy: A Casebook
Lyman, C. Wynne, The State of the Art in Family Therapy: Controversies and Recommendations
J. Carpenter and A. Treacher, Problems and Solutions in Marital and Family Therapy
David Howe, The Consumer's View of Family Therapy
Marion F. Solomon, Narcissism and Intimacy: Love and Marriage in an Age of Confusion
W. H. O'Hanlon and M. Weiner-Davis, In Search of Solutions     

Emotionally Focused Family Therapy and Play Therapy Techniques

Emotionally Focused Family Therapy provides a framework for understanding children's behaviors in terms of attachment needs of comfort and support. However, when working with young children, play therapy is often developmentally preferred over “talk therapy.” By integrating play therapy techniques within an Emotionally Focused Family Therapy theoretical framework, therapists can help parents understand and meet their child's needs for affection and comfort. This article will discuss how play therapy techniques can be integrated with an Emotionally Focused Family Therapy theoretical framework for work with young children and their families.     

Introduction to Behavioural Family Therapy for families with young children

This paper presents some suggestions for the implementation of Behavioural Family Therapy for families with young children. It attempts to bridge the gap between clinical research and practice by emphasizing the process of therapy delivery rather than the specific content of the behavioural approach. Suggestions for teaching behaviour management skills, contracting and the effective use of rewards and punishments are given. The common mistakes made by those working with Behavioural Family Therapy are addressed, and suggestions for working with single-parent families are given.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
E. Jones and E. Asen, Systemic Couple Therapy and Depression
Alan Carr, Family Therapy. Concepts, Process and Practice
Torben Marner, Letters to Children in Family Therapy: A Narrative Approach
David Campbell, The Socially Constructed Organization
Gitte Haslebo and Kit Nielsen, Systems and Meaning – Consulting in Organizations
Christopher Clulow (ed.), Adult Attachment and Couple Psychotherapy, The 'Secure Base' in Practice and Research
C. Everett Bailey (ed.), Children in Therapy – Using the Family as a Resource     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Lynn Hoffman, Family Therapy: An Intimate History
Ned L. Gaylin, Family, Self and Psychotherapy: A Person–centred Perspective
Roy Resnikoff, Bridges for Healing. Integrating Family Therapy and Psychopharmacology
John Sharry, Solution–Focused Groupwork
S.H. McDaniel, D.D. Lusterman and C. Philpot (eds), Casebook for Integrating Family Therapy: An Ecosystemic Approach
Carole Kayrooz, A Systemic Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa
George W. Burns, 101 Healing Stories. Using Metaphors in Therapy
Marcia Sheinberg and Peter Frankel, The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family Based Approach to Treatment     

Systems Techniques in Family Therapy: Two Pragmatic Approaches

Duhl, F.J. The Use of the Chronological Chart in General Systems Family Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1981, 7, 361–373. Resnikoff, R.R. Teaching Family Therapy: Ten Key Questions for Understanding the Family as Patient. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1981, 7, 135–142.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Sidney Bloch, Julian Hafner, Edwin Harari and George Szmukler, The Family in Clinical Psychiatry. Lynn Hoffman, Exchanging Voices: A Collaborative Approach to Family Therapy. Luigi Boscolo and Paolo Bertrando, The Time of Times: A New Perspective in Systemic Therapy and Consultation. Elsa Jones, Family Systems Therapy: Developments in the Milan Systemic Therapies. David R. Grove and Jay Haley, Conversations on Therapy.     

Primary and secondary reflection in existential family therapy

The author uses Gabriel Marcel's topology of primary and secondary thought to clarify and outline the process of reflection in Existential Family Therapy. Clinical material is used to illustrate the differences between primary and secondary reflection during the practice of Existential Family Therapy.     

An Addendum to the 1997 Outcome Research Chart

In 1997, an article in the American Journal of Family Therapy was published that summarized the outcome research regarding the efficacy of specific approaches of Marriage and Family Therapy in treating certain disorders (Sandberg et al ., 1997). The article updated the original matrix of findings reported by Gurman, Kniskern, and Pinsof (1986) by reviewing the relevant research through 1995, and provided a summary of findings in an updated version of the original 1986 chart. Since the publication of that article (Sandberg et al ., 1997), feedback has been received from a number of MFT researchers who pointed out some omissions and oversights in the updated chart. After responding to their feedback, it has been concluded that a number of changes must be made to the 1997 summary chart to present a more complete summary of MFT outcome research up through 1995.     

David and Judith

SUMMARY

This paper begins with a discussion of Dialogicai Psychotherapy-that “healing through meeting” which comes when the relation between therapist and patient is central-and explores inclusion, making present, confirmation, and the “normative limitation of mutuality.” Secondly, it discusses a Dialogicai Psychotherapy particularly important for couples therapy-Ivan Bos-zormenyi-Nagy's Contextual (intergenerational family) Therapy with its emphases on multidirected partiality, trustbuilding, rejunction, and the intergeneration merit ledger. The third part of the paper applies Dialogicai and Contextual therapy to the case of David and Judith, a couple who show clearly the importance of families of origin.     

Family Treatment Approaches for Depression in Adolescent Males

Adolescent depression is a serious and common disorder. Though adolescent males are less likely to report depression than females, they have serious risks associated with the disorder, like suicide, future substance abuse, and illegal activity. Several gender differences have been observed among depressed adolescents and should be considered in assessment and treatment. Little efficacy research exists for family treatments of depression in adolescent males, though several approaches have been proposed. These approaches include Structural Family Therapy, Interpersonal Family Therapy, and Attachment-Based Family Therapy. These treatments have been found useful in clinical settings, but much more efficacy research is necessary.     

Abstracts

Z ygmond , M. J. and B oorhem , H. (1989) Ethical decision making in Family Therapy. Family Process
A rmsworth , M. W. (1989) Therapy of incest survivors: Abuse or support. Child Abuse and Neglect
W amboldt , F. S. and R eiss , D. (1989) Defining a family heritage and a new relationship identity: Two central tasks in the making of a marriage. Family Process
W ood , W., R hodes , N. and W helan , M. (1989) Sex differences in positive well-being: A consideration of emotional style and marital status. Psychological Bulletin
L ange , A. (1989) The 'help' paradigm in the treatment of severely distressed couples: A combination of paradoxical and problem-solving elements. American Journal of Family Therapy     

Family psychopathology: Cross training graduate marital and family therapy students in family assessment and psychiatric nosology

The structure of a course entitled Family Therapy with Major Psychopathology taught annually in the Mercer University Graduate Marriage and Family Therapy Program is presented. An epistemological presentation regarding the interface of psychiatric nosology and family systems assessment is discussed. Methods of diagnosing and assessing dysfunctional family systems are presented and training in individual psychiatric nosology is discussed, with particular attention given to family systems dysfunction as an etiological factor in the development of individual psychopathology. Learning techniques are discussed including lecture, discussion, case presentations, readings, and testing methods.     

The Field of Marital and Family Therapy

This article defines the emergence of marital and family therapy as a distinct clinical discipline and an area of clinical practice. Significant historical developments that shaped the field and the integrative aspects of family systems theory are described. The role of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in professional credentialing and state and federal advocacy is reviewed, along with the contributions of the Commission on Accreditation for Marital and Family Therapy Education. These areas of development set the stage for recommendations for further interdisciplinary collaboration among the mental health disciplines.     

Book reviews

Margaret Robinson, Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage. A Systemic Approach
Froma Walsh and Monica McGoldrick (eds), Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family
Rudi Dallos, Family Belief Systems, Therapy and Change
Lone Jacobsen and Peter Vesti, Torture Survivors – A New Group of Patients
W. Robert Beavers and Robert B. Hampson, Successful Families: Assessment and Intervention
Gregory Max Vogt and Stephen T. Sirridge, Like Son, Like Father: Healing the Father–Son Wound in Men's Lives
Douglas Hooper and Windy Dryden (eds), Couple Therapy: A Handbook. Open University Press Psychotherapy Handbook Series
Peter Stratton, Michael Preston-Shoot and Helga Hanks, Family Therapy: Training and Practice     

Book reviews

Abstract

Family Therapy of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, by Edward Kaufman and Pauline N. Kaufmann. New York: Gardner Press, 1979, 276 pages, $24.95.

Family Therapy: An Interactional Approach, by Maurizio Andolfi. New York: Plenum Press, 1979, 170 pages, $19.95.

The Family: Evaluation and Treatment, edited by Charles K. Hofling and Jerry M. Lewis. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1980, 324 pages, $17.50.

Individual and Family Therapy: Toward an Integration, by Fred M. Sander, M.D. New York: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1979, 235 pages, $20.00.

Disorders of Sexual Desire and Other New Concepts and Techniques in Sex Therapy, by Helen Singer Kaplan. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1979, 237 pages, $17.50.

Medical Sexology, edited by Roman Forleo, M.D. and Willy Pasini, M.D. Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press, 1980, 664 pages, $44.50.

Group Psychotherapy and Personality: Intersecting Structures, by Henry Kellerman. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1979, 345 pages, $19.50.