Leaving Home

Leaving Home presents a method of family therapy at the stage when children are leaving home. It includes a special classification of young people with problems, and tackles family orientation, the therapist support system, the first interview, apathy, troublemaking, a heroin problem, a chronic case, and resolved and unresolved issues. Visit www.haley-therapies.com for additional resources by Jay Haley, including live videos of the pioneering therapist in action.

Jay Haley is widely acclaimed as a pioneering therapist and master teacher. One of the founders of family therapy, his prolific work influenced generations of therapists. He is the author of 19 books on many aspects of therapy. He holds degrees from the University of California in Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Stanford University. He has served as Professor at the University of Maryland, Howard University, the University of Pennsylvania and US International University. He was Director of Family Therapy Research at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic and Co-Founder of the Family Therapy Institute of Washington, D.C

Chapter 1 Ideas That Have Handicapped Therapists; Chapter 2 A Family Orientation; Chapter 3 Social Control and Therapy; Chapter 4 The Therapist Support System; Chapter 5 The First Stage; Chapter 6 Beginning Correctly in the First Interview; Chapter 7 The Second Stage; Chapter 8 The Second Stage; Chapter 9 The Process of Therapy; Chapter 10 A Chronic Case; Chapter 11 Special Issues; Chapter 12 A Model Therapy for Psychotic Young People, Jay Haley, Neil P. Schiff;