Gehart's MASTERING COMPETENCIES IN FAMILY THERAPY: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO THEORIES AND CLINICAL CASE DOCUMENTATION, 4th Edition, not only teaches you about family therapy theories, but also how to use them. A resource you will turn to again and again, it covers most of what you need to know in graduate school and to pass your licensing exams. Students love the book's relaxed, down-to-earth style that makes even complex concepts easy to understand, along with its real-world clinical forms -- case conceptualization and treatment planning -- that can be used with clients. Integrating diversity and research considerations into theoretical discussions and practical applications, the book provides a more holistic and nuanced understanding of couple and family therapy. The fourth edition is packed with the latest research, new theories, telehealth practices, licensure exam prep tips and more.
1. Competency and Theory in Family Therapy.
2. Philosophical Foundations and Diversity Considerations in Family Therapy.
3. Integrative Approaches in Family Therapy.
4. Contemporary Issues; Research, Ethical, and Telehealth in Family Therapy.
5. Systemic and Strategic Therapies.
6. Structural Family Therapies.
7. Experiential Family Therapies.
8. Intergenerational and Psychoanalytic Family Therapies.
9. Cognitive-Behavioral and Mindfulness-Based Couple and Family Therapies.
10. Solution-Based Therapies.
11. Postmodern and Sociocultural Therapies
12. Case Conceptualization.
13. Clinical Assessment.
14. Treatment Planning.
15. Evaluating Progress in Therapy.
16. Document It: Progress Notes.
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Diane R. Gehart
Dr. Diane R. Gehart is a Professor in the Marriage, Family, and Therapy and Counseling Programs at California State University, Northridge. She has authored numerous books, including CASE DOCUMENTATION IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, THEORY AND TREATMENT PLANNING IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, MINDFULNESS AND ACCEPTANCE IN COUPLE AND FAMILY THERAPY, and MASTERING COMPETENCIES IN FAMILY THERAPY. She also co-edited COLLABORATIVE THERAPY: RELATIONSHIPS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, and has developed two systems for assessing student learning: THE COMPLETE MFT CORE COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM and THE COMPLETE COUNSELING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.Dr. Gehart's areas of specialty include mindfulness, mental health recovery, postmodern and systemic therapies, sexual abuse treatment, gender issues, children and adolescents, client advocacy, qualitative research, and education in family therapy. She speaks internationally, having conducted workshops to professional and general audiences in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Mexico. Her work has been featured in newspapers, radio shows, and television worldwide. She is an associate faculty member at three international post-graduate training institutes: The Taos Institute, Houston Galveston Institute, and The Marburg Institute for Collaborative Studies in Germany. Additionally, she is an active leader in state and national professional organizations. She maintains a private practice in Agoura Hills, California, specializing in couples, families, trauma, life transitions, and difficult-to-treat cases.
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CASE DOCUMENTATION FORMS: Newly revised case documentation forms are designed to better address intersecting client diversity and contemporary practice contexts.
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NEW INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES CHAPTER: An all-new chapter devoted to integrative approaches outlines three different contemporary models of integration in family therapy.
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TELEHEALTH: Extensive new sections on telehealth in couple and family therapy provide general insight as well as cover specific theories.
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LICENSE EXAM PREP: Each chapter includes an outline of how to use chapter material to effectively prepare for licensing exams, including both the National and California LMFT exams and clinical licensing exams in counseling and social work.
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TREATMENT PLANNING GUIDELINES: Expanded, comprehensive review of the couple and family evidence base is combined with treatment planning guidelines.
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NEW THEORIES: Reflecting the latest research and practices, the 4th edition discusses several new theories, including Integrated Family Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Attachment-Based Family Therapy and Dialectic Behavior Therapy.
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DSM-5-TR UPDATES: A new section highlights updates in the American Psychiatric Association's DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, FIFTH EDITION, TEXT REVISION (DSM-5-TR).
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CLASSROOM VIDEOS: Included in the comprehensive instructor materials, videos for classroom use demonstrate a specific intervention associated with every chapter -- enabling students to practice implementing a specific intervention from each theory.
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CLINICAL FORMS: Numerous Clinical Forms with completed samples are provided in a Word document format, including cross-theoretical case conceptualization: long; cross-theoretical case conceptualization: concise; treatment plan; treatment plan with measures; clinical assessment; and progress note.
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THEORY-SPECIFIC CASE CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND TREATMENT PLANS: Providing invaluable teaching tools, theory-specific case conceptualizations and treatment plans help students learn how to think critically and apply theories to vignettes or their own cases. Theories covered include systems/strategic, structural, Satir, emotionally focused couples therapy, Bowen intergenerational, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral family therapy, solution-focused, narrative and collaborative.
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EMPHASIS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION: Diversity sections in each theory chapter include practical applications of the theory with specific populations, with detailed suggestions, adaptations and cautions for using a given theory with a specific population.
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DETAILED CASE STUDIES WITH CLINICAL FORMS AND GENOGRAMS: Each theory chapter includes a completed case study with theory-specific case conceptualization, clinical assessment, treatment plan, progress note and genogram.
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INTEGRATIVE MODELS: The text reviews three different models of integration: Karl Tomm's IPScope, Pinsof and colleagues' Integrative Systemic Therapy and Gehart's Therapy that Works Approach.
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STANDARDS-ALIGNED COVERAGE: The book is designed to teach the majority of skills and knowledge outlined in the AAMFT Core Competencies. An estimated 70% of these skills are likely to overlap with the 2016 general counseling ACA/CACREP competencies.
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IN-CHAPTER LEARNING TOOLS: Helping students maximize their study time and course success, every chapter includes learning objectives to focus students' reading, Try It Yourself application exercises to promote skill building and Questions for Personal Reflection and Class discussion to help students connect with chapter concepts.
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