Treating Stress In Families.........

Provides an overview of the causes and treatment approaches for counseling families under stress, and focuses on several examples of extreme tension.

Charles R. Figley

Contributors, Introduction, Acknowledgments, SECTION I: THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS, 1. Theoretical Orientations to Family Stress and Coping, 2. Matching Family Treatment to Family Stressors, SECTION II: TREATMENT APPROACHES, 3. A Family Systems Approach, 4. A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach, 5. The Strategie Rapid Intervention Approach, 6. A Psychoeducational Approach, SECTION III: TREATING SPECIFIC FAMILY STRESSORS, 7. Intrafamily Child Sexual Abuse, 8. Adolescent Substance Abuse, 9. Parent-Adolescent Conflict, 10. Rape and the Family, Appendix: Glossary of Major Terms, Name Index, Subject Index