The Family Crucible
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The Family Crucible

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

“If you have a troubled marriage, a troubled child, a troubled self, if you’re in therapy or think that there’s no help for your predicament, The Family Crucible will give you insights . . . that are remarkably fresh and helpful.”New York Times Book Review

The classic groundbreaking book on family therapy by acclaimed experts Augustus Y. Napier, Ph.D., and Carl Whitaker, M.D.

This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family’s therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families—stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating, triangulation, blaming, and the diffusion of identity—and you will gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family therapy.

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Yes, you can access The Family Crucible by Augustus Y. Napier, PhD,Carl A. Whitaker, M.D. in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Addiction in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. CHAPTER 1 - The Question of Structure
  7. CHAPTER 2 - A Beginning
  8. CHAPTER 3 - Origins
  9. CHAPTER 4 - The Concept of the System
  10. CHAPTER 5 - Initiative
  11. CHAPTER 6 - The Basic Conflict
  12. CHAPTER 7 - Grandmothers Ghost
  13. CHAPTER 8 - Toward Marriage
  14. CHAPTER 9 - A Partial Resolution
  15. CHAPTER 10 - Releasing
  16. CHAPTER 11 - The Underlying Crisis
  17. CHAPTER 12 - Return
  18. CHAPTER 13 - Hate
  19. CHAPTER 14 - The Therapeutic Moment
  20. CHAPTER 15 - Collision Course
  21. CHAPTER 16 - Carolyn
  22. CHAPTER 17 - The Terrible Choice
  23. CHAPTER 18 - David
  24. CHAPTER 19 - David’s Family
  25. CHAPTER 20 - Ending Therapy
  26. CHAPTER 21 - Forum
  27. Suggested Readings
  28. Index
  29. About the Authors
  30. Copyright
  31. About the Publisher