Contents Preface v Introduction: The Foundations of Family Therapy 1 Chapter 1: The Evolution of Family Therapy 6 Chapter 2: The Fundamental Concepts of Family Therapy 15 Chapter 3: Basic Techniques of Family Therapy 22 Chapter 4: Bowen Family Systems Therapy 28 Chapter 5: Strategic Family Therapy 36 Chapter 6: Structural Family Therapy 44 Chapter 7: Experiential Family Therapy 51 Chapter 8: Psychoanalytic Family Therapy 57 Chapter 9: Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy 64 Chapter 10: Family Therapy in the Twenty-First Century 71 Chapter 11: Tailoring Treatment to Specific Populations and Problems 79 Chapter 12: Solution-Focused Therapy 85 Chapter 13: Narrative Therapy 89 Chapter 14: Comparative Analysis 94 Chapter 15: Research on Family Intervention 103