Working with Families of the Poor (Guilford Family Therapy) [Illustrated] (Paperback)

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"This is a good, succinct presentation of basic structural family therapy concepts and techniques applied to institutional systems. The practicing clinician who consults with foster care, residential children's centers, in-patient children's psychiatric settings, or substance abuse treatment would benefit from the consultation model. Social service administrators and professionals in these settings would also benefit." -- Journal of Family Psychotherapy

" Working with Families of the Poor updates and applies the structural approach of family therapy to the care of poor families with multiple problems. It is aimed especially at social workers and social service agencies who provide foster care, perinatal programs for women who abuse substances, residential care of troubled and troubling children, psychiatric hospital care of children, and home-based services for families at risk of child welfare placement....especially valuable for social workers and other professionals who work with children and youth in counseling or in child welfare services....[It] is not only solid theoretically; it is also enjoyable reading, shot through with interesting case studies which bring the content alive. Students and seasoned practitioners alike will find it a source of inspiration for 'thinking family' and for finding the strengths of even the most troubled families." -- Family Ministry

"This book has several virtues....It instructs without resorting to jargon....Above all, the authors believe in preserving and strengthening the ties that exist between members of even the most destitute and troubledfamilies....It is full of concrete illustrations, each of which sheds light on some of the skills needed for implementing a systems approach to family therapy. Thus, the volume will be useful in imparting such skills to agency personnel who currently lack them." -- Science Books and Films

"This important book should be read by all professionals who work with or administer programs for poor families. The authors draw on their structural family therapy model to show how eco-systemic thinking can be effectively applied in a variety of clinical realms....The many benefits of a collaborative family approach are emphasized as is the importance of coordination among involved agencies to avoid duplication and fragmentation of services." -- The Journal of Systemic Therapies

, .."offers a fresh perspective for therapists and social workers who work with multi-crisis families, particularly the poor of the inner city....offers important insights into the human dynamics of change and growth, as well as the diverse contexts and challenges facing social workers in a daily basis." -- Perspectives


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This volume draws upon the author's experience in the inner city to provide guidance to therapists working with poor families. While standard counselling models are often limited to individual persons and their problems, this book emphasizes the importance of understanding individual needs within a larger family framework, and considering the family itself within broader organizational and community contexts. Weaving in numerous case histories and examples of practical interventions, the authors demonstrate how their inventive approach can be used to draw out client's strengths and to make the most of limited social service resources. Readers will learn new techniques to gather information, reframe family assumptions, handle conflict, and explore alternative patterns of interaction. In addition, the authors show therapists how to increase the level of collaboration between poor families and the multiple agencies that provide assistance with foster care, substance abuse counselling, prenatal programs, residential and psychiatric centres for children, and home-based services.

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