Out of control family therapy and domestic disorder

Counselling techniques that can help families regain control and causes of families breaking up are among the topics explored in this ethnographic account of therapeutic sessions. Two very different views of what a family is and how it becomes `out of control' emerge, resulting in vastly differ...

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Main Author: Gubrium, Jaber F. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications c1992.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Sage library of social research ; v. 189.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798337006719
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Summary:Counselling techniques that can help families regain control and causes of families breaking up are among the topics explored in this ethnographic account of therapeutic sessions. Two very different views of what a family is and how it becomes `out of control' emerge, resulting in vastly different therapeutic approaches. Gubrium compares two family counselling facilities - a community outpatient centre and a private family-focused psychiatric hospital - which have radically different concepts of the family. One setting examines a family's system including hidden structures, power
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (269 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-252) and index.
ISBN:9781483326016
9781452246093