Follow a family therapist’s narrative diary as he documents the process of working with the Salazars, as they explore each stage of their relationship- from courtship through the departure of the children from the home.
This unique casebook provides an in-depth, personal account from the counselor’s perspective, while also looking at the personal viewpoints of family members. Each major stage of the family’s life is presented in a separate chapter and the book includes discussions of the effects of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation on individuals and families.
Michael P. Nichols
Department of Psychology, College of William and Mary
After completing this course you’ll be able to:
| 1. | Discuss the problem of certain family members not coming to therapy. |
| 2. | Discuss Mrs. Salazar’s description of Jason’s behavior. |
| 3. | State Heather’s behavior when Jason and his parents argue. |
| 4. | Discuss the conflict between Mr. and Mrs. Salazar. |
| 5. | Compare linear causality and circular causality. |
| 6. | Discuss circular thinking and why the cycle is triangular. |
| 7. | Define homeostasis. |
| 8. | Discuss the therapist’s goal with the Salazar family. |
| 9. | Describe problem solving in a therapy session. |
| 10. | List three ominous symptoms in a small child. |
| 11. | Define dyadic. |
| 12. | Describe the reactance theory. |
| 13. | Discuss falling in love and marriage. |
| 14. | Discuss one advantage of being in therapy. |
| 15. | Describe polarization |
| 16. | State how partners can better understand their differences. |
| 17. | Define idealization and reaction-formation. |
| 18. | Define mirroring and identification. |
| 19. | Discuss accommodation. |
| 20. | Compare behavioral and emotional boundaries. |
| 21. | Define enmeshment and disengagement. |
| 22. | Discuss ways to succeed as a couple. |
| 23. | State how a new couple can function effectively. |
| 24. | State one of the greatest mistakes people make in love. |
| 25. | Compare fusion and differentiation. |
| 26. | State the two benefits of incalculable value regarding working on relationships with parents. |
| 27. | Describe postpartum depression. |
| 28. | List the two qualities that persist in children from the first birthday onward, according to Kagan. |
| 29. | List two things young parents don’t like about grandparents. |
| 30. | Describe reciprocity. |
| 31. | Define rules hypothesis. |
| 32. | Compare the first-order change and second-order change. |
| 33. | Describe subsystems. |
| 34. | Compare enmesh and disengage. |
| 35. | State the goal of the therapist for families with misbehaving children. |
| 36. | Compare a complementary and symmetrical marriage. |
| 37. | Describe monadic, dyadic, and triadic. |
| 38. | Compare pursuers and distancers. |
| 39. | Describe typecasting. |
| 40. | State the best thing for parents to do when children argue. |
| 41. | Discuss statistics regarding infidelity. |
| 42. | Define commitment and ways to move on after infidelity. |
| 43. | Describe divorce. |
| 44. | Describe the three phases of separation. |
| 45. | Discuss the relationship between children and stepparents. |
| 46. | Discuss how parents can deal with teen behavior. |
| 47. | List signs and symptoms of a child who is in trouble. |
| 48. | State how parents can influence adolescent children. |
| 49. | State the two reasons for seeing children alone. |
| 50. | List the steps of an assessment. |
| 51. | State the reasons young adults return to the nest. |
| 1. | Disturbing the Peace |
| "Can You Help us?" | |
| Looking for Leverage | |
| Dialogue: Setting the System in Motion | |
| It Must Be a Marital Problem | |
| Linear versus Circular Causality | |
| 2. | The Making of a Family Therapist |
| Behind the One-Way Mirror | |
| 3. | Love’s Young Dream |
| "We’ll Sing in the Sunshine" | |
| "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" | |
| "I Do" | |
| 4. | The Progress of Love |
| "Why Are You So Mean to Me?" | |
| Idealization | |
| Accommodation | |
| Boundaries | |
| How to Succeed as a Couple by Really Trying | |
| 5. | In-laws |
| "Alone at Last" | |
| Invaders from Another Planet | |
| Accommodation and Boundary-Making with the In-Laws | |
| Invisible Loyalties | |
| Past Tense and Imperfect Future | |
| 6. | The Depressed Young Mother |
| The Impossible Job | |
| The Family Life Cycle 2+1=2 | |
| Heather’s Birth | |
| The Young and the Restless | |
| Renegotiation Boundaries with Grandparents | |
| Reciprocity | |
| Bitter Fruit | |
| 7. | Why Can’t Jason Behave? |
| Fix My Child without Disturbing Me | |
| Family Rules | |
| Family Structure | |
| The Structural Model | |
| Blueprint for a Healthy Family | |
| Uncovering the Structure in a Family | |
| Building Children’s Self-Esteem | |
| 8. | The Overinvolved Mother and Peripheral Father |
| The Need to Restructure the Family | |
| Shared Parenting | |
| The Best of Intentions | |
| Pursuers and Distancers | |
| Self-Defeating Cycles | |
| 9. | Family Feud |
| Sibling Rivalry | |
| Enmeshment | |
| Disengagement | |
| Brotherhood and Sisterhood | |
| 10. | Loss of Innocence |
| To Tell or Not to Tell, That is the Question | |
| All Hell Breaks Loose | |
| "Why, Why, Why?" | |
| Moving On | |
| 11. | Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepparenting |
| Families in Transition | |
| Uncoupling | |
| Reorganizing | |
| Blending | |
| 12. | Sex, Drugs, and Rock "N" Role: The Rebellious Teenager |
| That Awful, Awkward Age | |
| How Worried Should Parents Be about Their Teenagers? | |
| The Terrible Teens | |
| 13. | The Salazars’ Family Therapy |
| Shifting Boundaries | |
| All Together Again, and Out | |
| Notes on Technique | |
| 14. | Letting Go |
| "It’s the End of Our Family" | |
| The Long Good-Bye | |
| Boomerang Kids | |
| "Under Certain Conditions" |
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