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The family crucible / Augustus Y. Napier, with Carl A. Whitaker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2017Publisher: New York : Perennial, 1998Edition: 1st Harper Perennial editionDescription: xiii, 301 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060914890
  • 9780060914899
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC488.5 .N36 2017
Contents:
1. The question of structure -- 2. A beginning -- 3. Origins -- 4. The concept of the system -- 5. Initiative -- 6. The basic conflict -- 7. Grandmother's ghost -- 8. Toward marriage -- 9. A partial resolution -- 10. Releasing -- 11. The underlying crisis -- 12. Return -- 13. Hate -- 14. The therapeutic moment -- 15. Collision course -- 16. Carolyn -- 17. The terrible choice -- 18. David -- 19. David's family -- 20. Ending therapy -- 21. Forum.
Summary: This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families--stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating, triangulation, blaming, and the diffusion of identity--and you will gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family therapy.
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Family Science and Self Fall 2025

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-293) and index.

1. The question of structure -- 2. A beginning -- 3. Origins -- 4. The concept of the system -- 5. Initiative -- 6. The basic conflict -- 7. Grandmother's ghost -- 8. Toward marriage -- 9. A partial resolution -- 10. Releasing -- 11. The underlying crisis -- 12. Return -- 13. Hate -- 14. The therapeutic moment -- 15. Collision course -- 16. Carolyn -- 17. The terrible choice -- 18. David -- 19. David's family -- 20. Ending therapy -- 21. Forum.

This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family's therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families--stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating, triangulation, blaming, and the diffusion of identity--and you will gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family therapy.