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Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse



Contents

Foreword
Chapter 1 - Brief Strategic Family Therapy: An Overview
  • Why Brief Strategic Family Therapy?
  • What Are the Goals of Brief Strategic Family Therapy?
  • What Are the Most Common Problems Facing the Family of a Drug-Abusing Adolescent?
  • What Is Not the Focus of Brief Strategic Family Therapy?
  • This Manual
Chapter 2 - Basic Concepts of Brief Strategic Family Therapy
  • Context
  • Systems
  • Structure: Patterns of Family Interaction
  • Strategy
  • Content Versus Process: A Critical Distinction
Chapter 3 - Diagnosing Family System Problems
  • Organization
  • Resonance
  • Developmental Stages
  • Life Context
  • Identified Patient
  • Conflict Resolution
Chapter 4 - Orchestrating Change
  • Establishing a Therapeutic Relationship
  • Producing Change
Chapter 5 - Engaging the Family Into Treatment
  • The Problem
  • The Task of Coming to Treatment
  • Diagnosing the Interactions That Keep the Family From Coming Into Treatment
  • Complementarity: Understanding How the Family "Pieces" Fit Together to Create Resistance
  • Restructuring the Resistance
Chapter 6 - Clinical Research Supporting Brief Strategic Family Therapy
  • Outpatient Brief Strategic Family Therapy Versus Outpatient Group Counseling
  • One Person Brief Strategic Family Therapy
  • Brief Strategic Family Therapy Engagement
References
Appendices

Therapy Manuals for Drug Abuse:
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Authors

José Szapocznik, Ph.D.
Olga Hervis, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Seth Schwartz, Ph.D.
Center for Family Studies
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami School of Medicine

Acknowledgements

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed herein are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or any other part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The U.S. Government does not endorse or favor any specific commercial product.

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National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIH Publication Number 03-4751
Printed August 2003

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