Continuing Education

Family Therapy

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The Family Research Project: A Summary

by Stephanie Brown

Renowned substance-abuse specialist Stephanie Brown discusses effective therapeutic interventions for families of alcoholics during the recovery process.

EARN 1.0 CREDIT

Family Therapy with Families Facing Catastrophic Illness: Building Internal and External Resources

by Ellen Pulleyblank Coffey

Dr. Coffey discusses common challenges and interventions for families coping with terminal illness.

EARN 1.0 CREDIT

Walking A Tightrope: Family Therapy with Adolescents and Their Families

by Kenneth V. Hardy

Hardy brings family therapy to life with this compelling and instructive case vignette of his work with an African-American family.

EARN 1.5 CREDITS

Psychotherapy for Oppositional-Defiant Kids with Low Frustration Tolerance (and How to Help Their Parents, Too)

by David Rice

Dr. Rice offers a new perspective on oppositional-defiant children based on temperament, and suggests effective therapeutic interventions for both parent and child.

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Family Therapy and Resistant Parents: The Child Cannot Wait

by Leon Rosenberg

When do we shift from trying to work within the parent-child relationship to seeing the child as a separate entity needing to cope with a destructive parent?

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Augustus Napier on Experiential Family Therapy

Author of The Family Crucible, Gus Napier, reflects on his family therapy work and conveys his insights from the Experiential Therapy model.

EARN 2.0 CREDITS

Frank Pittman on Growing Up and Taking Responsibility

Pittman minces no words about his no-nonsense approach to psychotherapy, his love of movies, and why therapists shouldn't be neutral.

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Monica McGoldrick on Family Therapy

Renowned family therapist Monica McGoldrick reflects on the heyday of family therapy, the use of genograms, and the importance of culture, gender, and diversity.

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Harry Aponte on Structural Family Therapy

Aponte speaks passionately about the need to see individuals and families in the larger social context, and reflects on his encounters with Sal Minuchin, the role of spirituality in therapy, and the person of the therapist.

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