Family Therapy

Michael D. Reiter, Ph.D., is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Florida and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. He has taught family therapy courses for over 20 years, written 10 family therapy books, and co-edited two books on therapy with couples.

'In a casual, conversational style, Dr. Michael Reiter tells the story of family therapy. For the newly interested and beginning therapist, Reiter introduces the history, ethics, theorists, and the models that evolved since family therapy began in the 1950's. For the experienced family therapist, this book will be a reminder of the people and situations that built our profession. This title might say basic, but the content is anything but.'Wade Luquet, PhD LCSW Gwynedd Mercy University. Author of Short-Term Couples Therapy: The Imago Model in Action.'By sticking to the nuts and bolts while providing important contextual knowledge, Dr. Michael Reiter has simplified marriage and family therapy and brought fresh insight to a new generation of readers who can transform the field of study going forward.'Dr. Kelsey Railsback, LMFT; Touro University Worldwide, USA; Associate Professor, MFT Program.

• 1. History of Family Therapy  2. Family Therapy Ethics  3. Systems Theory  4. Core Competencies of Family Therapists  5. Intergenerational Family Therapies  6. Experiential Family Therapies  7. Strategic Family Therapies  8. Systemic Family Therapies  9. Postmodern Family Therapies  10. Diversity and Family Therapy  11.The Future of Family Therapy  Glossary