Resistance--any attitude or behavior of the therapist, patient, or system that resists change--is integral to every therapeutic relationship. Family therapists are all too familiar with challenges to their professional credentials, families' reluctance to convene for treatment, cancellations, rejection of therapy, requests to exclude a family member, and numerous other maneuvers that frustrate therapeutic goals. Mastering Resistance presents concrete, accessible strategies for coping directly with specific, commonly encountered problems of resistance. Moreover, it demonstrates how resistance can effectively be used to foster a stronger therapist-client alliance.
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"Mastering Resistance is an outstanding guide for trainees in the field of family therapy, and family therapy teachers should be delighted to have this book to assign to their students. Without oversimplifying the complexities of family therapy, it offers in a very clear format a way for beginners to grasp and keep in perspective the basics about avoiding becoming entangled in useless struggles with their clinical families. The writing style is clear, humorous where appropriate, and full of examples of the typical problems families present, along with suggested rules of thumb to consider in dealing with the everyday difficulties of clinical practice. By recognizing resistance and its functions in families, therapists can learn to respond positively and effectively."--Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, PhD (h.c.)
"Written with enlightenment, knowledge, and wisdom on a subject that is dear to the heart of every therapist. Its appeal is universal, since resistance, regardless of the name given it, is a central and continuing issue in all the healing arts."--Peggy Papp, MSW
"Written with enlightenment, knowledge, and wisdom on a subject that is dear to the heart of every therapist. Its appeal is universal, since resistance, regardless of the name given it, is a central and continuing issue in all the healing arts."--Peggy Papp, MSW
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Carol M. Anderson is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
Susan Stewart is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
Susan Stewart is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
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This review is from: Mastering Resistance: A Practical Guide to Family Therapy (Hardcover)
This book provides examples with solutions to various forms of resistance, including with the therapist, the client, and the institution. It has come in handy quiet a few times since I finished it a month ago. It has helped me to notice when a client is being resistant and how to appropriately handle it. I recommend it for every therapist/counselor.
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Resistance to change in general and resistance to being influenced in particular always occurs when individuals, groups, and systems are required by circumstances to alter their established behaviors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Resistance to change in general and resistance to being influenced in particular always occurs when individuals, groups, and systems are required by circumstances to alter their established behaviors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
diablos conocidos, therapist fatigue, beginning family therapists, family therapy clinic, competence anxiety, experienced family therapists, most family therapists, therapist error, resistant families, resistant member, therapist resistance, many family therapists, family therapy movement, senior therapist, parental coalition, beginning therapists, outpatient therapist, treatment contract, family resistance, family boundary, helping systems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Social Psychology by Stan L. Albrecht in Back Matter
- Cognitive Therapy of Depression (The Guilford Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology Series) by Aaron T. Beck on page 11
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- Strategies for Work with Involuntary Clients by Professor Ronald H. Rooney on 4 pages
- Solving Problems In Couples And Family Therapy: Techniques And Tactics by Robert Sherman on page 74
- Psychotherapy of Addicted Persons by Edward Kaufman in Back Matter
- Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision by Liddle. in Front Matter
- Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families: From Old Problems to New Futures by William C. Madsen PhD in Back Matter
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