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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790228203321

Titolo

Family assessment : contemporary and cutting-edge strategies / / edited by Len Sperry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-70665-8

1-280-66199-2

9786613638922

0-203-81436-3

1-136-70666-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

The family therapy and counseling series

Classificazione

PSY036000PSY041000

Altri autori (Persone)

SperryLen

Disciplina

616.89/1562

Soggetti

Family assessment

Marital psychotherapy

Family psychotherapy

Couples - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed of: Assessment of couples and families. 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; CHAPTER 1 Family Assessment: An Overview; CHAPTER 2 Qualitative Assessment; CHAPTER 3 Standardized Assessment; CHAPTER 4 Observational Assessment; CHAPTER 5 Ongoing Assessment of Couples and Families; CHAPTER 6 Couples Assessment Strategy and Inventories; CHAPTER 7 Child and Adolescent Assessment Strategy and Inventories; CHAPTER 8 Parent-Child and Family Assessment Strategyand Inventories; CHAPTER 9 Child Custody and Divorce Assessment Strategy and Inventories

CHAPTER 10 Child Abuse Assessment Strategy and InventoriesCHAPTER 11 Family Assessment: Current and Future Prospects; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"In an era that demands ever-increasing levels of accountability and documentation, <EM>Family Assessment </EM>is a vital tool for clinicians. It covers more than one hundred assessment methods, both the most widely strategies as well as those that are more specialized and issue specific. Techniques and instruments for assessments are



summarized concisely in tables and discussed in depth in the chapters, often by the experts who developed the approaches they describe. Each chapter is also supplemented by recommended strategies for utilizing the assessment tools, as well as by case studies and observational method matrices. Readers will find the second edition of <EM>Family Assessment </EM>to provide the same comprehensive evaluation and thorough analysis as the first edition but with a fully updated focus that will invigorate the work of researchers, educators, and clinicians"--

"In an era that demands ever-increasing levels of accountability and documentation, Family Assessment is a vital tool for clinicians. It covers more than one hundred assessment methods--both the most widely strategies as well as those that are more specialized and issue specific. Techniques and instruments for assessments are summarized concisely in tables and discussed in depth in the chapters, often by the experts who developed the approaches they describe. Each chapter is also supplemented by recommended strategies for utilizing the assessment tools, as well as by case studies and observational method matrices. Readers will find the second edition of Family Assessment to provide the same comprehensive evaluation and thorough analysis as the first edition but with a fully updated focus that will invigorate the work of researchers, educators, and clinicians"--