Christian therapists doing family therapy have never had a resource to help them navigate the various family therapy theories from a Christian perspective--until now.In this book Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey the major approaches to family therapy and treat, within a Christian framework, significant psychotherapeutic issues. The wide array of issues covered includes

- crisis and trauma

- marital conflict

- separation, divorce and blended families

- individual psychopathology

- substance abuse and addictions

- gender, culture, economic class and race

- sexual identity

Calling for an integrated approach of "responsible eclecticism," they conclude with a vision for Christian family therapy.A landmark work providing critical Christian engagement with existing models of family therapy, this volume was written for those studying counseling, social work, psychology or family therapy. Family Therapies will also serve asan indispensable resource for those in the mental health professions, including counselors, psychologists, family therapists, social workers and pastors.



James N. Sells (PhD, University of Southern California) is professor of counseling, shares the Rosemary S. Hughes Professor of Christian Thought and Mental Health, and codirects the Charis Institute at Regent University. He is a licensed psychologist, and his books include Family Therapies and Beyond the Clinical Hour.







Mark A. Yarhouse (PsyD, Wheaton College) is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College, where he directs the Sexual and Gender Identity Institute and serves as a core faculty member in the doctoral program in clinical psychology.



Preface



Part 1: Foundational Considerations

1. A Christian Understanding for Family Therapy

2. Historical Foundations of Family Therapy



Part 2: Models of Family Therapy

3. Bowenian Family Therapy

4. Strategic Family Therapy

5. Structural Family Therapy

6. Psychodynamic Family Therapy

7. Contextual Family Therapy

8. Experiential Family Therapy

9.. Solution-Focused Family Therapy

10. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy

11. Narrative Family Therapy

12. Toward an Integrative Christian Family Therapy



Part 3: Integration of Family Theory with Critical Issues in Psychotherapy

13. Crisis and Trauma

14. Attending to Marital Conflict

15. Separation, Divorce and Remarriage

16. Individual Psychopathology

17. Substance Abuse

18. Gender, Culture, Economic Class and Race

19. Sexual Identity



Part 4: Casting a Vision

20. Casting a Vision for Christian Family Therapy



Author Index

Subject Index