Origins and Originality in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice

The founding volume of the European Family Therapy Association book series presents new ideas confirming the crucial importance of systemic family therapy for family practice. Spanning paradigms, models, concepts, applications, and implications for families asthey develop, experts in the field demonstrate the translatability of session insights intoreal-world contexts, bolstering therapeutic gains outside the treatment setting. Chaptersemphasize the potential for systemic family therapy as integrative across theories, healing disciplines, modes of treatment, while contributors' personal perspectives provideunique takes on the therapist's role. Together, these papers promote best practicesnot only for therapy, but also research and training as professionals delve deeper intounderstanding the complexity and diversity of families and family systems. Origins and Originality in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice offers practitioners and other professionals particularly interested in family therapy practice timely, ethical tools for enhancing their work.