
- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Family Crucible
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- CHAPTER 1 - The Question of Structure
- CHAPTER 2 - A Beginning
- CHAPTER 3 - Origins
- CHAPTER 4 - The Concept of the System
- CHAPTER 5 - Initiative
- CHAPTER 6 - The Basic Conflict
- CHAPTER 7 - Grandmothers Ghost
- CHAPTER 8 - Toward Marriage
- CHAPTER 9 - A Partial Resolution
- CHAPTER 10 - Releasing
- CHAPTER 11 - The Underlying Crisis
- CHAPTER 12 - Return
- CHAPTER 13 - Hate
- CHAPTER 14 - The Therapeutic Moment
- CHAPTER 15 - Collision Course
- CHAPTER 16 - Carolyn
- CHAPTER 17 - The Terrible Choice
- CHAPTER 18 - David
- CHAPTER 19 - David’s Family
- CHAPTER 20 - Ending Therapy
- CHAPTER 21 - Forum
- Suggested Readings
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
- About the Publisher