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Title: Dancing With The Family: A Symbolic-Experiential Approach: A Symbolic Experiential Approach by Carl Whitaker, William Bumberry ISBN: 0-87630-496-X Publisher: Brunner/Mazel Publisher Pub. Date: 01 April, 1988 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting, but....
Comment: I liked this book; I really did. It had alot of good points. I appreciated the way that the author took one case and carried it all the way through as an illustration of his points about how to best work with families. The question and answer sections after each vignette help the reader generalize what he is doing with he particular family.
Whittaker points out the importance family therapists joining with the family, which means that the therapist has to build enough of a relationship with the family to really connect with them and have them believe he is truly present with them. He showws how important it is for a good therapist to shake the family up a bit and create some disequilibrium, because it is through the creation of anxiety that change takes place. He sees his work as a therapist as not only encouraging the growth of his clients, but also enhancing his own growth. This book will be most useful to a reader who has some background in working with families. The book takes the basic concepts that students will have already learned in a survey course and expands them, giving the reader greater insight into the particular way that one of the leaders in the field practices. In that sense it's really a fascinating book.
I found that the book was too short. I wanted more detail, somehow. I found that it was repetitive in parts, and I disagreed with some of the things that Whittaker said about the nature of the family and the importance of marriage. Some of his beliefs about male/female relationships don't fit for me - they seem rather old fashioned. That, coupled with the fact that it will really only benefit a limited audience, is the reason I'm giving it 3 stars instead of 4.
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Title: From Psyche to System: The Evolving Therapy of Carl Whitaker by Carl Whitaker ISBN: 0898620503 Publisher: Guilford Pr Pub. Date: 24 February, 1982 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Genograms: Assessment and Intervention (Norton Professional Books) by Monica McGoldrick, Randy Gerson, Sylvia Shellenberger ISBN: 0393702944 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Midnight Musings of a Family Therapist by Carl Whitaker ISBN: 0393700844 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Family Crucible: The Intense Experience of Family Therapy by Augustus Napier, Carl Whitaker ISBN: 0060914890 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 01 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods, Sixth Edition by Michael P. Nichols, Richard C. Schwartz ISBN: 0205359051 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $90.60 |
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