Theory and Treatment Planning in Family Therapy

Diane R. Gehart is a professor in the marriage, family and therapy and counseling programs at California State University, Northridge and the founder of the Therapy that Works Institute. She has authored numerous books, including CASE DOCUMENTATION IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, THEORY AND TREATMENT PLANNING IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, MINDFULNESS AND ACCEPTANCE IN COUPLE AND FAMILY THERAPY, and MASTERING COMPETENCIES IN FAMILY THERAPY. In addition to co-editing COLLABORATIVE THERAPY: RELATIONSHIPS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE and COLLABORATIVE-DIALOGIC PRACTICE: RELATIONSHIPS AND CONVERSATIONS ACROSS CULTURES AND CONTEXTS, Dr. Gehart has developed two systems for assessing student learning: THE COMPLETE MFT CORE COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM and THE COMPLETE COUNSELING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM. Her areas of specialty include mindfulness, mental health recovery, postmodern and systemic therapies, sexual abuse treatment, gender issues, children and adolescents, client advocacy, qualitative research and education in family therapy. She speaks internationally, having conducted workshops to professional and general audiences in the United States, Canada, Europe and Mexico, and her work has been featured in newspapers, radio shows and television worldwide. Dr. Gehart is an associate faculty member at three international postgraduate training institutes: The Taos Institute, Houston Galveston Institute and The Marburg Institute for Collaborative Studies in Germany. Additionally, she is an active leader in state and national professional organizations. Dr. Gehart maintains a private practice in Agoura Hills, California, specializing in couples, families, trauma, life transitions and difficult-to-treat cases.

• Part I: INTRODUCTION TO COMPETENCY, THEORY, AND TREATMENT PLANNING.1. Competency and Theory in Family Therapy.2. Research and Ethical Foundations of Family Therapy Theories.3. Theory-Specific Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning.Part II: FAMILY THERAPY THEORIES.4. Philosophical Foundations of Family Therapy Theories.5. MRI and Milan Systemic Therapies: Systemic Therapies Part I.6. Strategic Therapy: Systemic Therapies Part II.7. Structural Family Therapy.8. Satir's Human Growth Model: Experiential Family Therapies Part I.9. Symbolic-Experiential and Internal Family Systems: Experiential Family Therapies Part II.10. Intergenerational and Psychoanalytic Family Therapies.11. Cognitive-Behavioral and Mindfulness-Based Couple and Family Therapies.12. Solution-Based Therapies.13. Narrative Therapy: Postmodern Therapies Part I.14. Collaborative Therapy and Reflecting Teams: Postmodern Therapies Part II.15. Evidence-Based Treatments in Couple and Family Therapy.16. Evidence-Based Group Treatments for Couples and Families.Part III: CROSS-THEORETICAL CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND INTEGRATION.17. Cross-Theoretical Case Conceptualization and Integration.Appendix A.Appendix B.