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Two Important Books on Feminist Family Therapy

Two Important Books on Feminist Family Therapy In recent years there has been a burgeoning flow of publications on feminist family therapy. Two of the most important have recently been reviewed for the Journal. They are specially featured here because of their significance and to encourage further discussion and appraisal - Editor. Feminist Family Therapy: A Case Book* Catherine M. Sanders t One can list them on one hand: Minuchin's Families and Family Therapy, Haley's Problem Solving Therapy, Palazzoli et al.'s Paradox and Counter Paradox, and Keeney's Aesthetics of Change. They are the texts that have mapped a new direction in the field of family therapy, challenging and critiquing the known and accepted and offering new paths. To this I would add Goodrich, Rampage, Ellman and Halstead's book Feminist Family Therapy: A Casebook. In many respects this is a courageous book, challenging both patriarchy and the familiar scientific and non-personal presentations of professional texts and also the highly emotional angry outbursts that have made some feminist writing so easily dismissible. The authors have produced a casebook that provides an admirable balance between the cool rational world of theory and the real and personal lives of the client and therapist. The book begins with a definition http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 1990 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1002/j.1467-8438.1990.tb00785.x
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Abstract

In recent years there has been a burgeoning flow of publications on feminist family therapy. Two of the most important have recently been reviewed for the Journal. They are specially featured here because of their significance and to encourage further discussion and appraisal - Editor. Feminist Family Therapy: A Case Book* Catherine M. Sanders t One can list them on one hand: Minuchin's Families and Family Therapy, Haley's Problem Solving Therapy, Palazzoli et al.'s Paradox and Counter Paradox, and Keeney's Aesthetics of Change. They are the texts that have mapped a new direction in the field of family therapy, challenging and critiquing the known and accepted and offering new paths. To this I would add Goodrich, Rampage, Ellman and Halstead's book Feminist Family Therapy: A Casebook. In many respects this is a courageous book, challenging both patriarchy and the familiar scientific and non-personal presentations of professional texts and also the highly emotional angry outbursts that have made some feminist writing so easily dismissible. The authors have produced a casebook that provides an admirable balance between the cool rational world of theory and the real and personal lives of the client and therapist. The book begins with a definition

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 1990

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