Metaframeworks

DOUGLAS C. BREUNLIN is vice president and chief operating officer of the Family Institute at Northwestern University. RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ is a member of the senior faculty of the Family Institute at Northwestern University. BETTY MAC KUNE-KARRER is director of the Family Systems Program of the Institute for Juvenile Research and clinical associate in psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

• FOUNDATIONS OF THE METAFRAMEWORKS PERSPECTIVE. A Conversation About Metaframeworks. The Metaframeworks Perspective. SIX CORE METAFRAMEWORKS. Of Mind and Self: The Internal Family Systems Metaframework. Patterns of Interaction: The Sequences Metaframework. Leadership, Balance, and Harmony: The OrganizationMetaframework. Beyond the One-Dimensional Life Cycle: The DevelopmentMetaframework. Unifying Diverse Parameters: The Multicultural Metaframework. Reweaving Feminism and Systems: The Gender Metaframework. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE. A Blueprint for Therapy. A Case in Point. Personalizing the Metaframeworks Perspective.

?This book offers something really new. It not only distills muchthat is already known in other approaches, but also, havingextracted the best parts, is able to recombine them into aperspective that integrates other areas often ignored.Metaframeworks is a unique book in the field.? (ContemporaryPsychology) ?Those new to family therapy will find that this book offers aclear introduction to systems thinking and allows for comparisonand contrast of existing models of family therapy across thedimensions represented by the six metaframeworks.? (Families inSociety: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services)