Download or read book The Book of Family Therapy written by Andrew Ferber and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TABLE OF CONTENTS. SECTION 1: WHAT IS A FAMILY THERAPIST? 1. The primary task. 2. We're in family therapy. 3. We became family therapists / I. Boszormenyi-Nagy, C. Beels, E. Auerswald, A. Ferber, A. Napier, C. Whitaker, P. Guerin, T. Fogarty, J. Haley, C. Attneave, J. Weakland. 4. Becoming a family therapist. 5. Beginning and experienced familiy therapists / J. Haley. 6. What family therapists do / C. Beels and A. Ferber. SECTION 2: TOOLS OF THE TRADE. Introduction / A. Ferber. 7. A training program / M. Mendelsohn and A. Ferber. 8. How to go beyond the use of language / A. Bodin and A. Ferber. 9. The use of video-tapes / A. Bodin. 10. What to read / F. Sander and C. Beels. 11. How people interact / A. Kendon. SECTION 3: TEACHERS AND LEARNERS. Introduction / A. Ferber. 12. The trainee speaks. 13. Is everybody watching? / H. Mendelsohn and A. Ferber. 14. Study your own family / P. Guerin and T. Fogart. 15. The therapist's family, friends, and colleagues / A. Ferber and C. Whitaker. 16. A conversation about co-therapy / A. Napier and C. Whitaker. 17. Making it / L. Greenhill. SECTION 4: STRINGS IN THE BOW. Introduction / A. Napier. 18. How to succeed in family therapy / J. Ranz and A Ferber. 19. Crisis intervention / R. Rabkin. 20. On unbecoming family therapists / R. Fisch, P. Watzlawick, J. Weakland and A. Bodin. 21. Multiple family therapy / H. P. Laqueur. 22. Network therapy / R. Speck and C. Attneave. 23. Critique of a sacred cow / A. Scheflen and A. Ferber. 24. Families, change, and the ecological perspective / E. Auerswald. APPENDIX: Films about family therapy.