Strategic Family Therapy [Paperback]

Cloé Madanes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 20, 1981

"Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for family therapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature by family therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise, well organized and clearly written."
—Contemporary Psychology

A classic work which uses imaginative techniques to help achieve balance within the family. It gives attention to specific problems such as violence, drug abuse, and depression, and seeks the hidden meaning in these symptoms, which are clues to the underlying family structure.

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"Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for family therapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature by family therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise, well organized and clearly written." (Contemporary Psychology)

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Cloe Madanes offers a model of strategic family therapy that uses imaginative techniques to help achieve balance within the family. While giving attention to specific problems like violence, drug abuse, and depression, this classic work seeks the hidden meaning in these symptoms, which are clues to the underlying family structure.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (September 20, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555423639
• ISBN-13: 978-1555423636
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read for Psychotherapists, July 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Strategic Family Therapy (Paperback)

If you are going to be a well-read psychotherapist, this text is one of the must-reads. This book introduced some of the basics of modern family therapy including pretend techniques with children.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Genuine Masterpiece, September 11, 2004

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Randall Griffith "rrgriffith" (Baton Rouge, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strategic Family Therapy (Paperback)

There are plenty of "family therapy" tomes these days, but few that describe honest-to-god paradigam shifts, that change the very way we think about the nature of help. This is one of those books. It is a masterpiece of original thinking from one of great humanistic leaders of our field -- a therapist who has always wanted to help the family, not make a brilliant diagnosis or find the right pill. Start with this book, then read all of the author's other books; they all should be required for any person who carries a family therapy license. And you should look for them on the book shelf of your therapist in his or her office.

0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good work, September 9, 2005

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E. Candell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strategic Family Therapy (Paperback)

I received my book quite quickly. It was well wrapped and in the promised condition. Thank you!