Download or read book Family Therapy Basics written by Mark Worden and published by Brooks Cole. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for the beginning clinician, this brief introduction to family therapy provides a general perspective on systems and social construction, focusing on engagement, assessment, and change. Specific chapters discuss the first interview, setting boundaries, diagnosis and systems models, identifying family patterns, the resistance to change, techniques for promoting change, and termination. The emphasis throughout is on practical strategies rather than theory. Worden teaches at Fairfield University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.