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Family Therapy in Changing Times

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  • © 2004
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Authors:
  1. Gill Gorell Barnes
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  • Revised and expanded edition of a wellknown text Practical, jargonfree and alive with illustrations Articulate and wellregarded author whose writing is rich with clinical experience

Part of the book series: Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy (BTCP)

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About this book

The new edition of this well-known text addresses the plurality of family life today, and considers the way in which the changeable 'theory of family' has influenced the approaches of those working with families. The emphasis in this second edition is on working in a context of cultural diversity and in which life transitions such as marriage, divorce and bereavement, affect the lives of all families, be they multi- or lone-parent, gay or heterosexual. This is an essential text for therapists and counsellors, both in training and in practice, who work with families.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. What is Family Therapy? Patterns of Living, Patterns of Mind and Patterns of Therapy

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    Pages 1-20

  3. Changes in Families: Theories in Change

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 21-46

  4. Culture, Diversity and Developments (1): Rethinking Contexts for Growth and Change

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 47-73

  5. Culture, Diversity and Development (2): Loss and Transitions in Childhood

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 74-93

  6. Families, Divorce and Post-Divorce Family Work: Mothers’, Fathers’ and Children’s Perspectives

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 94-127

  7. Step-Families

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 128-146

  8. The Family and Mental Illness

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 147-168

  9. Violence in Family Life

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 169-189

  10. Sexual Abuse in Childhood and some Effects in Adult Life

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 190-204

  11. Doing the Work and Making a Difference

    • Gill Gorell Barnes
    Pages 205-211

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 212-231
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About the author

GILL GORELL BARNES is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Family Therapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. She also acts as Consultant for Training at the Institute of Family Therapy in London. She has worked with families for over 25 years in a variety of settings. She has recently published research into children's experiences of step-families, as well as completing a clinical study on children and families going through processes of separation, divorce and family re-ordering.

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