New Book
Jim Sells and I recently completed Family Therapies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal (just released from InterVarsity Press, Nov 2008). The book opens with a discussion of a Christian view of the family and how the field of family therapy emerged as well as key concepts from a family systems perspective. .
The next major section introduces the reader to the various first-generation approaches to family therapy (e.g., structural family therapy, strategic family therapy) followed by Christian critique and engagement with the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of each model. In this section we also discuss the broad contours of a Christian integrative family therapy.
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The last major section covers specific presenting concerns family counselors often address. These include substance abuse, marital conflicts, separation, divorce, and remarriage, and family approaches to trauma. We close the book with a vision for family ministry in the years to come.
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InterVarsity Press has some additional information on Family Therapies, including table of contents and features and benefits.
