Clinical Interventions in Systemic Couple and Family Therapy

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This timely update presents modern directions in systemic therapy practice with couples and families, focusing on clinical innovations from Italy, Portugal, and Spain. Top therapists discuss their breakthrough family work in treating familiar pathologies such as depression, borderline personality disorder, infidelity, and addictions, providing first-hand insight into meeting relational dysfunction with creativity and resourcefulness. The book applies novel conceptualizations and fresh techniques to complex situations including multi-problem families, involuntary clients, disability-related issues, anorexia, love and sex in aging, and family grief. From tapping into the strengths of siblingship to harnessing the therapeutic potential of the Internet, the book’s cases illustrate the rich variety of opportunities to improve client outcomes through systemic couple and family therapy. This practical guide: Demonstrates strategies for therapists to improve practice Exemplifies methods for reducing the gap between clinical theory and practice Identifies multiple dimensions of systems thinking in case formulation and therapy Offers new insights into treating classic and recent forms of psychopathology Provides a representative picture of couple and family therapy in southern EuropeClinical Interventions in Systemic Couple and Family Therapy is of particular relevance to practitioners and clinicians working within couple and family therapy, and is also of interest to other professionals working in psychotherapy and professional mental health services. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The Family Therapy of Psychosis: A Reconfirmation Process (Juan Luis Linares)....Pages 3-13 Borderline Personality Disorder Storyboard from the Systemic Family Therapist’s Perspective (Luigi Cancrini, Francesca Romana De Gregorio)....Pages 15-29 Systemic Couple Therapy as a Tool to Approach Depressive Disorders (Carmen Campo)....Pages 31-44 The Hungry Brain: A Revision of the Concept of Anorexia Nervosa and a New Direction for Systemic Therapy (Jorge De Vega, José Soriano)....Pages 45-62 A Challenge to Borderline Personality Diagnosis: Investigating Post-traumatic Personality Disorders. Connecting Personality Traits to Development in Family (Matteo Selvini)....Pages 63-74 Front Matter ....Pages 75-75 The Importance of Being Siblings (Rodolfo de Bernart)....Pages 77-85 What If There Is Another Person in His/Her Life? Infidelity in Couple Therapy (Annette Kreuz)....Pages 87-101 Love, Sexuality, and Aging: Reflections from Couple Therapy (Ana Maria Gomes)....Pages 103-117 Psychotherapy and Technology: Relational Strategies and Techniques for Online Therapeutic Activity (Gianmarco Manfrida, Valentina Albertini, Erica Eisenberg)....Pages 119-137 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 Future Strategies on the Treatment of Drug Addiction. Psychotherapeutic Work with the Families of Substance Abusers. Thoughts from Europe (Juan Antonio Abeijón)....Pages 141-157 The Multi-problem Family Generating Multiple Problems (Maurizio Coletti)....Pages 159-175 The Multifamily Group in Severe Psychiatric Pathologies (Norberto Barbagelata)....Pages 177-190 Family Therapy with Involuntary Clients. The Therapeutic Alliance as a Major Key to Therapy Success (Ana Paula Relvas, Luciana Sotero)....Pages 191-203 Systemic Intervention on Disabilities (Javier Bou)....Pages 205-219 The Mourning Family: Diagnosis and Systemic Intervention in Dysfunctional Family Grief (Roberto Pereira)....Pages 221-237 Back Matter ....Pages 239-245