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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 348 623 CG 024 441 AUTHOR Smith, Robert L.; Stevens-Smith, Patricia TITLE Family Counseling and Therapy: Major Issues and Topics. INSTITUTION ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. SPONS AGENCY Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. REPORT NO ISBN-1-56109-045-X PUB DATE 92 CONTRACT RI88062011 NOTE 471p. AVAILABLE FROMERIC/CAPS Publications, 2108 School of Education, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259 ($26.95). PUB TYPE Information Analyses ERIC Clearinghouse Products (071) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC19 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Counseling Techniques; Counseling Theories; Counselor Training; *Family Counseling; Family Relationship IDENTIFIERS *Family Therapy ABSTRACT The six chapters of this book on family counseling and therapy focus on healthy family functioning; marriage and family counseling theories; the practice of marriage and family counseling; training marriage and family counselors/therapists; issues and topics in family therapy; and images and projections for the future. The 33 articles distributed among the 6 chapters include the following: (1) "A Critique of Healthy Family Functioning" (R. Smith and P.. Stevens-Smith); (2) "Healthy Family Functioning: The Other Side of Family Pathology" (S. Wilcoxon); (3) "Family Counseling: Principles for Growth" (J. Carlson and D. Fullmer); (4) "Marital and Family Therapy: Direction, Theory, and Practice" (R. Smith); (5) "Couple and Family Counseling" (M. Stoltz-Loike); (6) "Adlerian Family Therapy" (D. Dinkmeyer and D. Dinkmeyer, Jr.);(7) "Brief Family Therapy" (T. Todd);(8) "The Practice of Marriage and Family Counseling" (R. Smith and P. Stevens-Smith); (9) "The Use of Strategic Family Therapy in the School Setting: A Case Study" (G. Stone and B. Peeks); (10) The Use of Circular Questioning in Marriage and Family Counseling/Therapy" (R. Smith, J. Griffin, K. Thys, and E. Ryan); (11) "The Genogram as Process" (R. Beck); (12) "Gender Issues in Training: Implications for Counselor Training Programs" (P. Stevens-Smith); (13) "Building Intensive Simulations in Family-Therapy" (R. Rich and D. Sampson);(14) "Family Sculpting in the Training of Marriage and Family Counselors" (L. Costa); (15) "Marriage and Family Counseling in Counselor Education: National Trends and Implications" (S. Gladding, M. Burggraf, and D. Fenell; (16) "Teaching Family Therapy in an Academic Counselor Training Program: A Productive Paradox" (M. Ham); (17) "Adding a Family Counseling Training Component to a Community Agency Counseling Master's Degree" (R. Sheverbush and D. Ward); (18) "A Systemic View of Family Therapy Ethics" (D. Wendorf and R. Wendorf); (19) "Research in Marriage and Family Therapy" (D. Fenell and B. Weinhold); (20) "Dilemmas of Power and Equality in Marital and Family Counseling: Proposals for a Feminist Perspective" (C. Enns); (21) "Remarriage Myths: Implications for the Helping Professions" (M. Coleman and L. Ganong); (22) "Considerations for the Treatment of Marital Violence" (L. Costa and D. Holliday); (23) "The AIDS Family: An Emerging Issue" (L. Bradley and M. Ostrovsky); and (24) "Future Projections for Marriage and Family Counseling and Therapy" (R. Smith and P. Stevens-Smith). (ABL) I .1 U S DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION Office cl Educational Research andImprovement EDUCATIONal RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) reproduced S fie This document Pm been received from the person ororganization originating it. o Minor changes havebeen made to improve reproduct.on quality Points of view or opinions stated inthis docu- ment do not neCesSanlyrepresent official OERI position or policy Robert L. Smith, Ph.D. Patricia Stevens-Smith, Ph.D. 2 BEST COPYAVAILABLE Family Counseling and Therapy Major Issues and Topics Robert L. Smith, Ph.D. Patricia Stevens-Smith, Ph.D. With an Introduction by Samuel T. Cladding, Ph.D. ERIC Counseling and Personnel Services Clearinghouse 2108 School of Education The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1259 l; Clearinghouse Services andPersonnel ERICCounseling 0 1992by Copyright reserved. Allrights Clearinghouse Services andPersonnel Counseling ERIC ofEducation 2108SchoolofMichigan University 4109-1259 The Michigan AnnArbor, Schreiber Penny Wisner by Patricia Editorial layoutby publication designand Cover Educa- Officeof fromthe con- 1-56109-045-X under ISBN partialfundingofEducation with do notnecessarily wasprepared U.S.Department or in thisreport Education, ThispublicationandImprovement,expressed of opinions theDepartment tionalResearch The ofOERI, tract no.RI88062011.orpolicies positions reflectthe ERIC/CAPS. IC0 -at Contents Preface vii Garry R. Walz Introduction ix Samuel T. Gladding About the Major Authors xiii Contributors xv Chapter 1. Healthy Family Functioning 1 A Critique of Healthy Family Functioning 3 Robert L. Smith Patricia Stevens-Smith Healthy Family Functioning: The Other Side of Family Pathology 14 S. Allen Wilcoxon Family Counseling: Principles for Growth 27 Jon Carlson Dan Fullmer Chapter 2. Marriage and Family Counseling Theories 53 Marital and Family Therapy: Direction, Theory, and Practice 55 Robert L. Smith iii iv FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY Couple and Family Counseling 80 Marian Stoltz-Loike The Integration of Marital Therapy With Sessions With Family of Origin 109 James L. Framo Adlerian Family Therapy 151 Don Dinkmeyer Don Dinlaneyer, Jr. Brief Family Therapy 162 Tracy Todd Chapter 3. The Practice of Marriage and Family Counseling 177 The Practice of Marriage and Family Counseling 179 Robert L. Smith Patricia Stevens-Smith Marriage and Family Therapy Assessment 187 John D. West A Beginner's Guide to the Problem-Oriented First Family Interview 202 Timothy Weber James E. McKeever Susan H. McDaniel The Use of Strategic Family Therapy in the School Setting: A Case Study 213 George Stone Barbara Peeks The Use of Circular Questioning in Marriage and Family Counseling/Therapy 222 Robert L. Smith Jean Griffin Karen Thys Elaine Ryan The Genogram as Process 228 Robert L. Beck Contents v Chapter 4. Training Marriage and Family Counselors/Therapists 239 Gender Issues in Training: Implications for Counselor Training Programs 241 Patricia Stevens-Smith Building Intensive Simulations in Family-Therapy Training 249 Robert 0. Rich Dick T Sampson Family Sculpting in the Training of Marriage and Family Counselors 261 Luann Costa Marriage and Family Counseling in CounselorEducation: National Trends and Implications 273 Samuel T. Gladding Margaret Burggraf David L. Fenell Teaching Family Therapy in an Academic Counselor Training Program: A Productive Paradox 281 MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham Adding a Family Counseling Training Component to a Community Agency Counseling Master's Degree 292 Robert L. Sheverbush Donald E. Ward Chapter 5. Issues and Topics in FamilyTherapy 299 Ethical Issues in Marital and Family Therapy: Who is the Client? 301 Robert L. Smith A Systemic View of Family Therapy Ethics 304 Donald J. Wendorf Robert J. Wendorf Issues in the Application of Paradoxical Techniques: Ethical, Legal and Therapeutic Perspectives 321 Thomas L. Sexton { vi FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY Research in Marriage and Family Therapy 331 David L. Fenell Barry K. Weinhold Dilemmas of Power and Equality in Marital and Family Counseling: Proposals for a Feminist Perspective 338 Carolyn Zerbe Enns Layers of Understanding: Counseling Ethnic Minority Families 358 Harlan London Wynetta Devore Remarriage Myths: Implications for the Helping Professions 372 Marilyn Coleman Lawrence H. Ganong Relapse Prevention and Treatment Adherence in Marital Therapy 387 Jon Carlson Len Sperry Candace Ward Howell Considerations for the Treatment of Marital Violence 395 Luann Costa Debra Holliday The AIDS Family: An Emerging Issue 405 Loretta J. Bradley Mary A. Ostrovsky Chapter 6. The FutureImages and Projections 431 Future Projections for Marriage and Family Counseling and Therapy 433 Robert L. Smith Patricia Stevens-Smith Professional Identity and Family Therapy 441 Brian S. Canfield Don W. Locke Preface Etew topics have received as much attention and discussion as the con- 1 temporary American family. Researchers and helping professionals have mutually identified the family as a mainspring of human development. It is becoming increasingly clear that the family system sculptures the broad outlines of the development of the young and plays a significant role in the attitudes and behaviors of all family members whatever their ages. Changes in family composition and function pose exciting challenges and opportunities for counselors and therapists. A prime challenge to all those engaged in helping families is to assimilate the new ideas and research on marriage and the family. Drs. Robert L. Smith and Patricia Stevens-Smith have done an outstanding job of identifying the major themes in marriage and family counseling and they have assembled an impressive array of incisive articles for this volume. Their own thoughtful transitions and syntheses highlight key ideas and facilitate use of the provocative concepts that abound in this compelling book. It is hard to imagine an educator, experienced therapist/counselor, or aspiring student who once having read this book will not keep it available for ready reference as this is a collection to be read and returned to again and again. I recommend this as a book you will be most pleased to own and use. Garry R. Walz, Ph.D. Director, ERIC Counseling and Personnel Services Clearinghouse vii Introduction The field of family counseling and therapy has