Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781884228254
ISBN number: 1884228259
Label: Geist & Russell Companies Ltd
Manufacturer: Geist & Russell Companies Ltd
Page Count: 208
Printing Date: January 01, 1998
Publishing house: Geist & Russell Companies Ltd
Sale Popularity Level: 5874152
Studio: Geist & Russell Companies Ltd
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Product Description:
In their now out of print classic 'Treating the Borderline Family', the Everetts established themselves as preeminent experts in the often difficult occupation of family therapy with individuals afflicted with borderline personality disorder.
Now, twenty years later, this legendary husband and wife team bring to the table all the lessons learned in the past two decades of clinical practice. 'Short Term Family Therapy with Borderline Individuals' offers clinically proven techniques to quickly and effectively treat borderline cases by treating the entire multi-generational family system from which they arise. Utilizing the insights of brief, solutions-focused systems therapy and flying in the face of conventional wisdom, the Everetts make a con vincing case that the borderline individual can best benefit from family therapy, as opposed to individual treatment. By treating the entire family system the therapist can often raise the borderline's functional capabilities in a timely and effective man ner. Using several case studies taken from the authors' extensive clinical experience with borderline clients, the reader is taken step by step from assessment, through production and analysis of family genograms, through many session strategies, concludi ng with post-treatment follow-up contacts. This book is essential reading for practicing therapists, social workers, and educators working with borderline individuals. Students and professionals alike will find the book extremely well written, theoretically rigorous, and best of all: highly useful when treating a borderline client.
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