Tools and Techniques for Family Therapy
Video
with
John Edwards, PhD
Video

Tools and Techniques for Family Therapy

John Edwards has spent the last twenty years distilling the intricacies of family systems theory into a user-friendly approach that has enhanced the work of thousands of clinicians and educators in North America.   Video length: 52m
Buy a Membership
COURSE DETAILS

Overview

Experience first-hand Dr. Edwards’ deceptively nonchalant therapeutic style. Utilizing a blend of workshop footage, family sessions, and focused interviews, this video provides an overview of eleven fundamental techniques for effective family work.

  • Segmenting
  • Enactments
  • Positive Reframing
  • Mapping
  • Draw-A-Dream
  • Circle Method
  • Colleague Teamwork
  • New Talk
  • Guardrail
  • Sculpting
  • Alter Ego

Dr. Edwards’ ability to put theory into practice in an accessible manner has made him a favorite of psychotherapists, social workers, and substance abuse and pastoral counselors.

About the Experts

John Edwards, PhD
Expert

John Edwards, PhD

Known for his inventive reframes of challenging family issues, Dr. John Edwards has developed an enthusiastic following through seminars, AAMFT supervision, and his books, Treating Chemically Dependent Families: A Practical Systems Approach for Professionals and Working with Families.

View full profile

Disclosures

John Edwards was compensated for his contribution. None of his books or additional offerings are required for any of the Psychotherapy.net content. Should such materials be referenced, it is as an additional resource.

This Disclosure Statement has been designed to meet accreditation standards; Psychotherapy.net does its best to mitigate potential conflicts of interest and eliminate bias in all areas of content. Psychotherapy.net offers training for cost but has no financial or other relationships to disclose. Additionally, there is no commercial support for this activity. None of the planners or any employee at Psychotherapy.net who has worked on this educational activity has relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies.

Psychotherapy.net defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum financial threshold; individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. We ask that all contributors disclose any and all financial relationships they have with any ineligible companies whether the individual views them as relevant to the education or not. Each experts’ specific disclosures can be found in their biography.