Family Therapy Case Conceptualization

Michael D. Reiter, Ph.D., LMFT, is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and family therapist for over 30 years. Throughout his career, he has worked in private practice, community mental health centers, home-based programs, and university counseling centers. Michael has been a full-time faculty member for over 25 years. He was Professor of Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University in the Marriage and Family Therapy program and also taught in the Psychology, Clinical Psychology, School Guidance and Counseling, and Mental Health Counseling programs at NSU. Currently, Michael is a core faculty member at Capella University in the Marriage and Family Therapy program. He has written 14 books and co-edited three books. These books include Substance Abuse and the Family (3rd ed. Routledge, 2026), Family Therapy: An Introduction to Process, Practice, & Theory (2nd ed) (Routledge, 2025), A Therapist’s Guide to Writing in Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2023), Family Therapy: The Basics (Routledge, 2022), Therapeutic Interviewing (2nd ed. Routledge, 2022), It’s Not you, It’s Them…And You (2020), Systems Theories for Psychotherapists (Routledge, 2019), The Craft of Family Therapy (2nd ed. Routledge, 2021)—written with Dr. Salvador Minuchin, one of the most important figures in the field of family therapy, edited Case Conceptualization in Couple Therapy (Routledge, 2025), and co-edited books with Dr. Ron Chenail, Behavioral, Humanistic-Experiential and Psychodynamic Approaches to Couples Counseling and Constructivist, Critical, and Integrative Approaches to Couples Counseling (Routledge, 2017). Michael has written over 20 journal articles and been a Special Edition editor for the Journal of Systemic Therapies and the American Journal of Family Therapy. Michael has presented at many state, national, and international conferences on various issues in psychotherapy and family therapy. He currently lives in South Florida with his wife, Yukari, and their children Maya and Koji.

Training new generations of family therapists begins with understanding the milestones of family therapy, yet students often ask how theory translates into real clinical work. At a time when access to contemporary live demonstrations by pioneers of the field is rare, this book offers a unique opportunity to see therapy models in vivo. By bridging theory and practice, it supports students in moving from conceptual knowledge to clinical practice. An essential contribution to the training of thoughtful, reflective practitioners. Luca Codecà, PhD, LMFT, Nova Southeastern UniversityAs practical as it is innovative, this book and its contributors bring family therapy sessions alive, one model at a time. Using transcripts to expand upon theoretical underpinnings across fifteen family systems approaches, the authors each use the same family scenario to demonstrate what therapy ‘looks like’ from each, bringing a vivid panache to case conceptualization from a systemic perspective and benefitting clinicians’ skills at organizing and transforming the complexity of family interactional process. --Laurie L. Charlés, PhD LMFT. Author, International Family Therapy: A Guide for Multilateral Systemic Practice in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (Routledge, 2021).

• Creating Therapeutic Stories. Michael D. Reiter. Case Conceptualizations. Therapy and Storytelling. Recursive Frame Analysis. Structuring Change Through Conceptual Frameworks. Constructing the Therapeutic Story. Continuing the Story of Case Conceptualizations. The Effectiveness of Case Conceptualizations: A Brief Primer. Kyle Killian. Importance of Case Conceptualizations. Evidence of Effectiveness of Case Conceptualization and Case Conceptualization Training. The Daniels Family. Michael D. Reiter. Bowen Family Systems Therapy. Tequila Hill & Cindy McIntire. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Contextual Family Therapy. Kelly Heenan & Natalie Richardson. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Object Relations Family Therapy. George Pate & Michael D. Reiter. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Adlerian Family Therapy. Len Sperry, Marina Bluvshtein, & Jon Sperry. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Satir's Experiential Growth Therapy. Kayleigh Sabo. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Brief Therapy: Mental Research Institute. Pei-Fen Li. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Milan Systemic Family Therapy. Carlos Ramos & Claire Loucke. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Strategic Family Therapy. Roxanne Bamond, Anastasia Hanson, & Rosemary Leone. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Structural Family Therapy. Michael D. Reiter. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy. Woochul Park. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. Carol Messmore & Arlene Brett Gordon. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Narrative Family Therapy. Weston Crafton & Ashley McErlean. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Internal Family Systems. Keran Flynn-Kroska. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Emotionally Focused Family Therapy. Matt Pace & Todd Workman Jesness. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story. Feminist Family Therapy. Coreen Haym & Anne Prouty. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Formation. Diversity Conceptualization. The Therapeutic Story of Problem Resolution. Case Transcript. The Therapeutic Story.