Assessing Families and Couples: From Symptom to System3 reviews
Salvador Minuchin, Michael P. Nichols, ...

Allyn & Bacon, 2006

Sitting with a master

+ So helpful

The book starts with a four-step model for assessment of families and then proceeds in a fascinating format of case studies. Each study includes therapist reflection on the interactions and an evaluation of family organization, individual perspectives, strategies of intervention, and techniques. ...
  
  











  



  
Problem-Solving Therapy, Second Edition2 reviews
Jay Haley

Jossey-Bass, 1991

A Classic in Family Therapy

+ Problem-Solving

This book was developed as Haley was preparing new students to conduct family therapy. It provides the best raod map to initiate the first session. I use this book to train new family therapists and people from the community with no degrees. Excellent.
  
  











  



  
Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership, and Congregational Life (Creative Pastoral ...15 reviews
Ronald W. Richardson

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1996

Must read!

+ Church as System
+ A Practical Guide to a Healthy Church
+ Help for merging churches
+ Very helpful
  
  











  



  
Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue14 reviews
Edwin H. Friedman

The Guilford Press, 1985

Read, and Your Ministry Will Never Be the Same

+ Book Full of Wisdom for Leaders
+ Very good
+ Systems Theory and Religious Institutions
+ If you are a leader in a congregation, you simply have to absorb the concepts in this book
  
  











  



  
If Only I Had Known: Avoiding Common Mistakes In Couples Therapy4 reviews
Gerald R. Weeks, Mark Odell, ...

W. W. Norton & Company, 2005

A MUST HAVE FOR EVERY THERAPIST

+ Excellent for brushing up
+ Book review
+ I Wish I Had Known
  
  











  



  
Couples in Treatment1 review
Gerald R. Weeks

Routledge, 2001

Start your couples therapy here!

Gerald Weeks and Stephen Treat present "...the basic techniques, methods, and strategies needed by the couples therapist. (p. ix)" The text is intended to be a practical guide, not a theoretical treatment, and to emphasize both growth and enhanced intimacy as goals in therapy. Principles and ...
  
  











  



  
Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination11 reviews
JoEllen Patterson, Lee Williams, ...

The Guilford Press, 1998

Book review

+ Very satisfied
+ An Essential Read!
+ Foundations of Family Therapy
+ Good Resource Tool!
  
  











  



  
Global Perspectives in Family Therapy: Development, Practice, Trends1 review
Kit S. Ng

Routledge, 2003

Book review

Global Perspectives in Family Therapy is a history of family therapy in various countries around the globe. Kit S. Ng, who edited the book, wrote the first chapter, which provides an overview of family therapy. All of the other chapters are written by those involved with family history within the ...
  
  











  



  
Problem-Solving Therapy, Second Edition2 reviews
Jay Haley

Jossey-Bass, 1991

A Classic in Family Therapy

+ Problem-Solving

This book was developed as Haley was preparing new students to conduct family therapy. It provides the best raod map to initiate the first session. I use this book to train new family therapists and people from the community with no degrees. Excellent.
  
  











  



  
Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership, and Congregational Life (Creative Pastoral ...15 reviews
Ronald W. Richardson

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1996

Must read!

+ Church as System
+ A Practical Guide to a Healthy Church
+ Help for merging churches
+ Very helpful
  
  











  



  
Couples in Treatment1 review
Gerald R. Weeks

Routledge, 2001

Start your couples therapy here!

Gerald Weeks and Stephen Treat present "...the basic techniques, methods, and strategies needed by the couples therapist. (p. ix)" The text is intended to be a practical guide, not a theoretical treatment, and to emphasize both growth and enhanced intimacy as goals in therapy. Principles and ...
  
  











  



  
Global Perspectives in Family Therapy: Development, Practice, Trends1 review
Kit S. Ng

Routledge, 2003

Book review

Global Perspectives in Family Therapy is a history of family therapy in various countries around the globe. Kit S. Ng, who edited the book, wrote the first chapter, which provides an overview of family therapy. All of the other chapters are written by those involved with family history within the ...
  
  











  



  
Essential Skills in Family Therapy: From the First Interview to Termination11 reviews
JoEllen Patterson, Lee Williams, ...

The Guilford Press, 1998

Book review

+ Very satisfied
+ An Essential Read!
+ Foundations of Family Therapy
+ Good Resource Tool!
  
  











  



  
Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue14 reviews
Edwin H. Friedman

The Guilford Press, 1985

Read, and Your Ministry Will Never Be the Same

+ Book Full of Wisdom for Leaders
+ Very good
+ Systems Theory and Religious Institutions
+ If you are a leader in a congregation, you simply have to absorb the concepts in this book
  
  











  



  
Assessing Families and Couples: From Symptom to System3 reviews
Salvador Minuchin, Michael P. Nichols, ...

Allyn & Bacon, 2006

Sitting with a master

+ So helpful

The book starts with a four-step model for assessment of families and then proceeds in a fascinating format of case studies. Each study includes therapist reflection on the interactions and an evaluation of family organization, individual perspectives, strategies of intervention, and techniques. ...
  
  











  



  
If Only I Had Known: Avoiding Common Mistakes In Couples Therapy4 reviews
Gerald R. Weeks, Mark Odell, ...

W. W. Norton & Company, 2005

A MUST HAVE FOR EVERY THERAPIST

+ Excellent for brushing up
+ Book review
+ I Wish I Had Known