Chemical Dependency : A Family Affair
ISBN: 9780534355838 | 0534355838
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 5/29/1998
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Drawing on more than 15 years of experience as an active clinician and instructor specializing in treating the chemically dependent and their families, Olivia Curtis presents an engaging and practical book on the nuts and bolts of counseling drug affected families. Unique and timely, Chemical Dependency: A Family Affair looks at family dynamics from a family systems perspective and examines how those dynamics are affected by chemical dependency. Through her insightful and friendly writing style, Curtis gives a comprehensive summary of the devel... MORE
| 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY THERAPY | |
| Historical Review of Family Therapy Development | |
| The Treatment of the Chemically Dependent | |
| Family Treatment in Conjunction with Alcoholism | |
| 2. THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO FAMILY TREATMENT | |
| Dulfano’s Approach to Family Alcoholism | |
| Kaufman’s Appr... MORE | |
| Therapeutic Models of Treatment | |
| The Family and Drugs Other Than Alcohol | |
| 3. FAMILY THERAPEUTIC THEORIES | |
| Experiential / Symbolic Therapy | |
| Social Learning Theory | |
| The Process Model | |
| Structural Family Therapy | |
| Adlerian / Dreikursian Family Therapy | |
| Transactional Analysis | |
| Family Systems Theory | |
| Conclusion | |
| 4. THE FAMILY AS A SYSTEM | |
| The Family Emotional System | |
| Over-and Underresponsibility | |
| Individuality and Togetherness | |
| Exercises | |
| 5. ELEMENTS OF THE EMOTIONAL SYSTEMS | |
| Symbiosis | |
| Triangulation | |
| Emotional Maturity (Self-Differentiation) | |
| Developmental Factors | |
| Detachment Versus Disengagement | |
| The Multigenerational Transmission Process | |
| Exercises | |
| 6. FAMILY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT | |
| Organization | |
| Development | |
| Exercises | |
| 7. CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY’S DISRUPTION OF ORGANIZATION | |
| Internal Regulation | |
| Impact on Family Developmental Stages | |
| Exercises | |
| 8. CRITICAL ISSUES IN CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT FAMILIES | |
| Child Abuse | |
| Shame | |
| Domestic Violence | |
| Family Survival Roes | |
| Codependency | |
| Adult Children of Alcoholics: Characteristics | |
| Exercises | |
| 9. FAMILY ASSESSMENT | |
| Specific Issues Related to Chemical Dependency | |
| Other Critical Issues | |
| Birth Order of the Children | |
| Information Gathering | |
| Creating A Genogram | |
| Exercises | |
| 10. WORKING WITH CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT FAMILIES | |
| Framework for Working with Families | |
| The Course of Family Treatment | |
| Working Considerations | |
| Counselor Roles | |
| Pitfalls in Family Counseling | |
| Exercises | |
| 11. THE FAMILY RECOVERY PROCESS | |
| Recovery for the Chemically Dependent | |
| Recovery for Family Members | |
| A Developmental Model of Recovery for the Family | |
| Exercises | |
| 12. FAMILY INTERVENTION | |
| The Intervention Process | |
| Guidelines for Intervention | |
| Exercises | |
| CONCLUSION | |
| GLOSSARY | |
| WORKS CITED | |
| INDEX |
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