| Rituals in Families and Family Therapy Contributor(s): Imber-Black, Evan (Author), Roberts, Janine (Author), Whiting, Richard A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 039370064X ISBN-13: 9780393700640 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1988 Annotation: This book uses rich case material to show how normative family rituals can be identified and used as the basis for therapeutic rituals. Throughout the perspective is both consistent and positive. The editors and contributors assume that families are resourceful and can become partners in coevolving metaphorical rituals that suit their unique histories and needs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family - Family & Relationships |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 88017954 |
| Physical Information: 1.87" H x 6.56" W x 9.5" (1.91 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rituals in Families and Family Therapy, Revised Edition, builds on the rich case material of the first edition and develops the editors' powerful therapeutic approach that identifies normative family rituals as the basis for effective therapeutic rituals. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roberts, Janine: - Janine Roberts, Ed. D., is President of the American Family Therapy Academy and a professor and family therapist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author of Tales and Transformations: Stories in Families and Family Therapy (Norton, 1994) and coauthor of Rituals for Our Times: Celebrating, Healing, and Changing Our Lives and Our Relationships (Jason Aronson, 1998).Imber-Black, Evan: - Evan Imber-Black, Ph.D., is the Editor of Family Process, the leading scholarly journal in Family Therapy; and Program Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Masters Program at Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY. She is a senior faculty member and Director of the Center for Families and Health at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, where she also has her private practice in Couple and Family Therapy. She is the author of 3 books and the editor of 2 books.Whiting, Richard A.: - Richard A. Whiting, Ed.D., has been the Director of the Counseling Center at Springfield College, Springfield, MA, since 1970 and teaches as adjunct professor in Springfield College's Marriage and Family Therapy masters program. |
