15 Group Therapy, Family Therapy, and Couples Therapy
FOCUS QUESTIONS
- What are the basic assumptions, arrangements/
features, and purported curative factors that
characterize group psychotherapy? - Compare and contrast time-limited
group therapy with other forms of group
therapy.
3. What are the major goals and features of
family therapy?
4. What are the major features of marital
therapy?
5. Overall, how efficacious are family and couples
therapies?
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Group Therapy
A Historical Perspective
Approaches to Group Therapy
A Case Illustration of Psychoanalytic Group
Therapy
The Arrangements
BOX15-1:Focus on Clinical Applications: Time-
Effective Group Psychotherapy for Patients
with Personality Disorders
The Curative Factors
Does Group Therapy Work?
The Future of Group Therapy
Family Therapy
The Development of Family Therapy
The Concept of Communication
Forms and Methods
BOX15-2:Clinical Psychologist Perspective: Greta
Francis, Ph.D., ABPP
Conjoint Family Therapy
A Case Illustration of Conjoint Family Therapy
Other Varieties of Family Therapy
BOX15-3:Graduate Student Perspective: David
Wagner, M.A.
When to Conduct Family Therapy?
Couples Therapy
BOX15-4:Focus on Clinical Applications: The
Nine Steps of Emotionally Focused Couples
Therapy (EFT)
Do Family Therapy and Couples Therapy
Work?431