Systems Of Family Therapy

Introduces a systems world view in the context of family therapy. Describes some of the basic constructs by means of which social systems, particularly the family, may be understood, with chapters on systems theory and cybernetics, family interpretive systems as stories which participate in the creation of reality, traditional models of family development and a dynamic process model, and critiques and defense of a system perspective. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR