® Family Therapy First steps towards a Systemic Approach JOHN B. BURNHAM‘Te Ly Joh, Aim, Lay and A Fist phe inthe Taso Tabrary of Social Work Practice ‘Sener Ear Mal Olen Te tame oat on ip of te Tne Pan 1 198 Jon Bars sane ine na tn ae Contents General editor's foreword vit Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1 PARTI Theory 7 nN 3 Concepts 7 Relationships 9 ‘Terms and concepts used to describe problem situations = ‘Delusional penne of relaionaips rater than inva ‘Transitions 25 “The penogrem a tool for napping the development of family Tatipe an ennyng now eaneionsasociated with the emergence of problems Punctuation #5 nena an increctonalpeepective of problem situations. Be pllicane of verbal ard non-verbal communicsiton Teekutog individual syroprme au pare of repetitive ccs of Models of therapy 67 ‘The therapist a an ative agent of change, A summary of fourFamily therapy Altfrentsppromies ofuily therapy and dei implletons PART IL Practice 75 10 ‘Skulls and techniques 75 Convening 7% “Techniques fo uleve the nseesful gtbering together of those people reerant to the problem and is slution Preparation 72 [A guide to the opaniaation and planning of productive Interviewing 1108 for both family ad therapist. Guideline for practitioners tempting vo change ther aye of tterviewing Interviewing It 126 Enactment and sculpting a action techniques maximizing the ‘over ofthe norverbal level of communienon for eleing Intervening #2 Direct and indies methods fr inhiating and rotaining Failure 160 PART IIL Agency context 177 n Introduction to Part IIT 177 Integrating family therapy into a social work ‘agency "179 Guideline forthe succemfal integration of a famiy therapy ‘preach into sodal work agencies damn from the experience Contents vit 12. Applications of family therapy in social work sing the uit of a famly therapy pproach to thoxe situations regularly faced by wal work Summary 210 Appendix I: Trai therapy 274 Appendix I: Tnvitation/appointment letters 217 “Appendix III: Pre-session questionnaires 219 “Appendix IV: Videotape consent form 221 ‘Appendix V: Verbatim lexer from case description in Chapter 12225 References 225 Name index 235 Subject index 238 1g Fesources in family,