Couples therapy : a family systems approach / Monica McGoldrick, LCSW. [print]

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"Along with Virginia Satir, Murray Bowen, Salvador Minuchin and Jay Haley, Monica McGoldrick is a family therapy pioneer. In the spirit of this tradition, she masterfully works with John and Barbara around intimacy, communication and trust. In so doing, she helps the viewer to appreciate the personal and clinical challenge of couples therapy. This often means bringing family-of-origin members directly into the room, both figuratively and literally. While engaging intimately with this couple, McGoldrick is also speaking directly to viewer. She challenges us to look at the self of the therapist and to question cherished notions around symptoms, growth and change within systems. With strength, grace, heartfelt compassion and humility, McGoldrick demonstrates the importance of being both teacher and healer. And in doing so, she challenges the viewer to consider the clinical power of genograms while giving them permission to be directive and self-disclosing. During nearly 2 1/2 hours of gripping clinical video enactment, McGoldrick highlights key moments in her work with John and Barbara. Along the way, both novice and experienced clinicians will expand their appreciation of family dynamics. Ongoing and insightful voiceover commentaries by the therapist provide the viewer with an appreciation of her in-the-moment thinking. Thoughtful and clinically-informed conversations between McGoldrick and Victor Yalom bring the clinical interventions into clear focus. As a result, clinicians will benefit from the opportunity to process and consolidate their own clinical hunches and insights. By watching this video, you will: Recognize the value of a multi-generational approach to couples therapy; Describe the theory and techniques of a systemic/contextual approach to couples therapy; Distinguish between supportive and directive interventions in couples therapy."