Theory and Practice of Couples and Family Counseling

by James Robert Bitter

Overview

This introduction to couples and family counseling lays the foundation for student skill-building by encouraging the development of personal, professional, and ethical standards of practice. This third edition has been expanded to include couples counseling and updated to reflect recent research and current practice. Primary text features include a genogram delineating the history of the field; a comprehensive discussion of 13 widely used theories with real-life examples of quality work for each approach; a single, bicultural couple/family system case for comparison across models; and strategies for the integration and application of the models into clinical practice with diverse clients. To help readers apply the concepts they have learned, Dr. Bitter provides numerous Illustrative examples, case studies, sample client dialogues, and exercises for personal and professional growth.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119685159
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

James Robert (Jim) Bitter, EdD, is professor of counseling and human services at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. He is a nationally certified counselor, an Adlerian family counselor, and a former officer of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology. He is also a former editor of the Journal of Individual Psychology and a Diplomate in Adlerian Psychology. He is a reviewer for the American Journal of Family Therapy and has served in the past in a similar role for The Family Journal and the Journal of Counseling & Development. He received his doctorate in counselor education from Idaho State University in Pocatello in 1975.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Gerald Corey

Preface ix

About the Author xiii

Acknowledgments xv

PART 1 Basic Issues in the Practice of Couples and Family Counseling

CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Overview 3

CHAPTER 2 Genograms of Couples and Family Counseling 25

CHAPTER 3 The Couples and Family Practitioner as Person and Professional 57

CHAPTER 4 Virtue, Ethics, and Legality in Couples and Family Practice 79
Mark Young, David Kleist, and James Robert Bitter

PART 2 Theories and Practice in Couples and Family Counseling

Introduction to the Case of the Quest Family 105

CHAPTER 5 Object Relations Family Counseling 111

CHAPTER 6 Adlerian Family Counseling 137

CHAPTER 7 Multigenerational Family Counseling 161

CHAPTER 8 Human Validation Process Model 189

CHAPTER 9 Structural Family Counseling 217

CHAPTER 10 Strategic Family Counseling 241

CHAPTER 11 Solution-Focused and Solution-Oriented Family Counseling 271

CHAPTER 12 Postmodernism, Social Construction, and Narratives in Couples and Family Counseling 295

CHAPTER 13 Feminist Family Counseling 327

CHAPTER 14 Cognitive Behavioral Family Counseling 353

CHAPTER 15 The Science of Couples Counseling 381
Robert R. Freund, Jon Sperry, and James Robert Bitter

CHAPTER 16 Emotionally Focused Counseling With Couples 407

CHAPTER 17 Imago Relationship Counseling With Couples 433

PART 3 From Self-Discovery to Family Practice

CHAPTER 18 Integration: Forming a Relationship, Couple and Family Assessment, and Treatment 463

References 501

Index 531