A critical reflection on the ideas that have shaped systemic and family therapy over the last years.

The authors highlight some significant and enduring systemic concepts and their applications in systemic practice and demonstrate a model of systemic formulation. They review the body of research into family therapy and conclude with a critical review of major recent developments in theory and application. At the end of several chapters are exercises that relate to the ideas and processes found within the chapter to further develop the reader's understanding. The conclusion draws together the ideas found throughout the book, with particular emphasis on the interlocking triangle of...

Exploring the interactions between people as they develop relationships with each other, this accessible textbook examines what lies behind the behaviour we can observe from these interactions.

In the search for the causes of and solutions to social problems, no social institution has been allocated such a central role as the family. This volume examines how the family' is constituted both in explanations of social problems and in modes of state intervention. The contributors consider some of the most controversial social policy issues in Britain today: domestic violence; child abuse; old age; mental health; juvenile delinquency; and poverty and homelessness.

In examining these social problems, the contributors address key definitional issues, assess traditional and alternative...

The first edition of Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy caught the wave of growing interest in formulation in a clinical context. This completely updated and revised edition summarises recent practice, research, developments and debates while retaining the features that made the first a leading text in the field. It contains new chapters on personal construct formulation, formulation in health settings, and the innovative practice of using formulation in teams.

The book sees formulation as a dynamic process which explores personal meaning...