Reaching Out in Family Therapy: Home-Based, School, and Community Interventions
- Book Review,
by Nancy Boyd-Franklin
Review
"...this book represents a challenge to clinicians to think about the limits to clinic-based work and provokes debate as to how resources may be used differently. It is made clear how political climates influence mental health. The work is optimistic in tackling these issues, rolling-up sleeves and getting on with targeted, proactive interventions. There is an energy and optimistic flavour to the work described which is inspiring."--Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
"Reaching Out in Family Therapy really lives up to the glowing remarks by the reviewers quoted on the back cover of the book. This volume focuses on home-based, school, and community interventions with families. It provides a hands-on approach to intervention which is grounded in a coherent framework of concepts and guiding principles and research evidence. The principles discussed are well-documented with scholarly references and richly illustrated with relevant, detailed case studies which are generously distributed throughout the book. Although these case studies will be most valuable to American readers, since they clearly pertain to families living in the USA, they do exemplify many concepts, principles, and intervention strategies that are more generic. Thus, they are also likely to be relevant to readers outside the USA....The authors of this book are to be congratulated for producing a truly useful, well thought-out volume. Although the authors are both professors of Psychology, Reaching Out in Family Therapy is highly recommended for students and practitioners of occupational therapy and physical therapy who work with or plan to work with families."--Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
"At last! We have a pragmatic, culturally sensitive and relevant text which is truly embedded in an ecological framework. Boyd-Franklin and Bry provide family therapists with clear, comprehensive guidelines to move from their offices into the contexts in which clients live....This book is essential reading for family therapists in agency, community, and private practices. I would strongly recommend that it supplement the basic family therapist texts used in graduate level training....The greatest strength of this book is its relevance to underserved populations. The case illustrations are truly representative of these clients and the complex difficulties with which they struggle, and the reader feels hopefulness and encouragement about doing, rather than just thinking, about effective helping....These commendable authors have furthered the pioneering work of Minuchin, Aponte, McGoldrick, and others and have swept us into the possibilities of the twenty-first century. They move us closer to the realities of our rapidly changing demographics and social organization." --Journal of Systemic Therapies
"...an exciting primer for change through multi-systemic interventions. Using compelling research and moving case presentations, they delineate strategies for multifaceted family therapy in the home, school, and community. Their descriptions of factors and techniques are at once accessible and erudite, and the latter teach the therapist to be patient, flexible, persevering, resourceful, and supportive of clients' efforts. This is a superb book, useful to all family service providers, from neophyte to administrator. Students will find in it a primary text for understanding the interrelationships among theory, practice, and supporting research, as well as for learning clear, step-by-step technique. It will help seasoned clinicians refine their craft and reinvigorate their commitment to change. Supervisors will find tips on providing focused guidance to their charges. And program directors can look to this book for a grounded, workable, hope-infused system of change for vulnerable families." --Readings
Review
"...this book represents a challenge to clinicians to think about the limits to clinic-based work and provokes debate as to how resources may be used differently. It is made clear how political climates influence mental health. The work is optimistic in tackling these issues, rolling-up sleeves and getting on with targeted, proactive interventions. There is an energy and optimistic flavour to the work described which is inspiring."--Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
"Reaching Out in Family Therapy really lives up to the glowing remarks by the reviewers quoted on the back cover of the book. This volume focuses on home-based, school, and community interventions with families. It provides a hands-on approach to intervention which is grounded in a coherent framework of concepts and guiding principles and research evidence. The principles discussed are well-documented with scholarly references and richly illustrated with relevant, detailed case studies which are generously distributed throughout the book. Although these case studies will be most valuable to American readers, since they clearly pertain to families living in the USA, they do exemplify many concepts, principles, and intervention strategies that are more generic. Thus, they are also likely to be relevant to readers outside the USA....The authors of this book are to be congratulated for producing a truly useful, well thought-out volume. Although the authors are both professors of Psychology, Reaching Out in Family Therapy is highly recommended for students and practitioners of occupational therapy and physical therapy who work with or plan to work with families."--Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
"At last! We have a pragmatic, culturally sensitive and relevant text which is truly embedded in an ecological framework. Boyd-Franklin and Bry provide family therapists with clear, comprehensive guidelines to move from their offices into the contexts in which clients live....This book is essential reading for family therapists in agency, community, and private practices. I would strongly recommend that it supplement the basic family therapist texts used in graduate level training....The greatest strength of this book is its relevance to underserved populations. The case illustrations are truly representative of these clients and the complex difficulties with which they struggle, and the reader feels hopefulness and encouragement about doing, rather than just thinking, about effective helping....These commendable authors have furthered the pioneering work of Minuchin, Aponte, McGoldrick, and others and have swept us into the possibilities of the twenty-first century. They move us closer to the realities of our rapidly changing demographics and social organization." --Journal of Systemic Therapies
"...an exciting primer for change through multi-systemic interventions. Using compelling research and moving case presentations, they delineate strategies for multifaceted family therapy in the home, school, and community. Their descriptions of factors and techniques are at once accessible and erudite, and the latter teach the therapist to be patient, flexible, persevering, resourceful, and supportive of clients' efforts. This is a superb book, useful to all family service providers, from neophyte to administrator. Students will find in it a primary text for understanding the interrelationships among theory, practice, and supporting research, as well as for learning clear, step-by-step technique. It will help seasoned clinicians refine their craft and reinvigorate their commitment to change. Supervisors will find tips on providing focused guidance to their charges. And program directors can look to this book for a grounded, workable, hope-infused system of change for vulnerable families." --Readings
Book Description
This volume provides the skills practitioners need to conduct family therapy sessions in the home, school, and community. The authors demonstrate how meetings outside of the traditional office setting can enable therapists to intervene actively in the various systems that affect clients' lives. This multisystems approach can be particularly useful when working with poor and ethnic minority families, whose support networks may include extended family, school personnel, and members of the "church family." Practitioners learn how to utilize out-of-office sessions to meet the people who are influential in clients' lives; observe the life realities of children, adolescents, and parents; and identify resources that can be mobilized to produce change. Detailed strategies are presented to help families navigate the overlapping demands of multiple agencies and institutions and to manage and prevent such problems as substance abuse, school drop-out, and child abuse. Throughout, therapeutic and ethical guidelines are illustrated by extensive clinical case material. The book is ideal for those already doing home-based work, as well as those who would like to incorporate it into their practice.
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