The Challenge of Family Therapy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: The Challenge of Family Therapy

   1. Introduction: The Challenge of Family Therapy

      • Kalman Flomenhaft

      Pages 1-7

3. Section I

   1. Teaching Family Therapy to Psychiatric Residents and Child Psychiatry Fellows: A Department Chairman’s Point of View

      • Donald G. Langsley

      Pages 9-18

   2. Teaching Family Therapy: A Division Director’s Perspective

      • Adolph E. Christ

      Pages 19-23

   3. Gaps in Family Therapy Practice: Discussion of Dr. Langsley’s Paper

      • Wells Goodrich

      Pages 25-27

4. Section II

   1. Introduction of Family Therapy into Child Psychiatry Training: Two Styles of Change

      • Wells Goodrich

      Pages 29-45

   2. A Discouraging Description of Introducing Family Therapy in an Institution: Discussion of Dr. Goodrich’s Paper

      • Henry Grunebaum

      Pages 47-49

   3. Do You Recommend Family Therapy or Individual Therapy? General Discussion

      • Kalman Flomenhaft, Adolph E. Christ

      Pages 51-53

5. Section III

   1. Thinking Like a Family Therapist

      • Henry Grunebaum, Richard Chasin

      Pages 55-74

   2. The Theoretical Perspective in Teaching Family Therapy: Discussion of Dr. Grunebaum’s and Dr. Chasin’s Paper

      • Charles A. Malone

      Pages 75-79

   3. How Does the Family’s Level of Development Influence the Therapist’s Approach? General Discussion

      • Kalman Flomenhaft, Adolph E. Christ

      Pages 81-83

6. Section IV

   1. Family Therapy and Child Psychiatry Training: Issues, Problems and Strategies

      • Charles A. Malone

      Pages 85-104

   2. The Significance of a Bilingual Repertoire of Psychological Thinking: Discussion of Dr. Malone’s Paper

      • Saul L. Brown

      Pages 105-108

   3. The Demanding Task of Integrating Family Therapy into a Curriculum: General Discussion

      • Kalman Flomenhaft, Adolph E. Christ

      Pages 109-112

7. Section V

   1. The Role of Family Therapy in Child Psychiatry Training: Why and How

      • Lee Combrinck-Graham

      Pages 113-124

   2. Why are Intrapsychic Dynamic Issues Left out of this Family Therapy Model? Discussion of Dr. Combrinck-Graham’s Paper

      • Frederick M. Ehrlich

      Pages 125-127

   3. Are the Isolated Family Therapists Surrounded by the Wolves of Individual Thinking? General Discussion

      • Kalman Flomenhaft, Adolph E. Christ

      Pages 129-131

8. Section VI

   1. Comprehension of the Developmental Cycle of Families in the Training of Child Psychiatry Clinicians

      • Saul L. Brown

      Pages 133-152

   2. Lumpers and Splitters: A Paradox for Psychiatry. Discussion of Dr. Brown’s Paper

      • Lee Combrinck-Graham

      Pages 153-156

9. Section VII

   1. Family Therapy and Child Psychiatry Training: Making Peace in the Undeclared War

      • Frederick M. Ehrlich

      Pages 157-167

This volume on Family Therapy Training, edited by Kalman Flomenhaft, Ph. D. and Adolph E. Christ, M. D. , is the outgrowth of a successful conference on Family Therapy in the Training of Child Psychiatrists sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry at the Downstate Medical Center on December 8 and 9, 1978. The attendance and enthusiastic participation at this conference reflected the growing interest on the part of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in the theory, practice, and teaching of family therapy. That the conference was held at all presupposed the value that psychiatric educators are attaching to the incorporation of family therapy teaching in the educational development of psychiatrists. While the conference was dedicated to family therapy training for child psychiatrists, this volume is broadened to include family therapy training for all psychiatrists and mental health profes­ sionals. The various chapters delineate the issues in the teaching of family therapy, both theoretical and practical. The richness of the chapters that follow grows out of the depth of practical experience of the various authors in developing family therapy training in established programs where resistance to new ideas as well as structural changes in curriculum are predictable. The nature of both the theoretical and practical aspects of such resistances is well described. The authors also emphasize what is required to launch a successful training program in child psychiatry, stressing the importance of attractive role models as teachers of family therapy.

• family therapy
• psychiatry
• stress
• therapy

• Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

  Kalman Flomenhaft, Adolph E. Christ

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