This significant book explains why family psychology-an entirely different field from family therapy-provides a cutting-edge description of human behavior in context and as such represents the wave of the future in psychology.

Illustrations Preface: Looking through the Systemic Lens Acknowledgments Section I: Family Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice Chapter 1. What Is Family Psychology? Defining Family Psychology The "Praxis" of Family Psychology Becoming a Family Psychologist Conclusions: What Is Next? Chapter 2. The Systemic Epistemology of Family Psychology Revolution and Evolution: From the Individual to the System Systems Epistemology: The Core of Family Psychology Structures and Processes of Relational Systems Every System Is More Than the Sum of the Parts Importance of Context: The Place of Culture and Diversity in Systemic Thinking Unifying Threads of Family Psychology Conclusions: What Is Next? Chapter 3. Through the Systemic Lens: Families, Problems, and Change The Role of Theories The Pioneering Theories of Family Psychology Relational Family Systems: Systemic Perspectives on Families' Relational Systems A Systemic View of Clinical Problems Conclusions: What Is Next? Chapter 4. The Scientific Foundations of Family Psychology Science and the Scientific Method Domains of Family Psychology Research Types of Family Psychology Research What Is Good Family Psychology Research? What Do We Know about What We Do? Support for the Epistemological Perspective Do Family Psychology Clinical Interventions Work? Being a Scientist-Practitioner-Based Family Psychologist The Research-Practice Dialectic Conclusions: What Is Next? Section II: The Clinical Practice of Family Psychology Chapter 5. Mapping the Territory of Clinical Practice Mapping the Territory of Therapeutic Change in Family Psychology Clinical Interventions in Family Psychology Process of Change Conclusions and What Is Next? Chapter 6: Case Planning and Clinical Assessment The Role of Clinical Assessment and Clinical Case Planning What This All Means and What Is Next? Chapter 7: Family-Focused Clinical Intervention Models Theoretically Based Models Evidence-Based Clinical Intervention Models Conclusions: What Is Next? Chapter 8. Couple-Focused Clinical Intervention Models Theoretically Based Models Evidence-Based Approaches Thoughts, Comments, and What's Next? Section III: The Professional Context of Family Psychology Chapter 9. Specialty Areas of Family Psychology Sex Therapy International Family Psychology Collaborative Health Care Family Forensic Psychology Conclusions: What Is Next? Chapter 10. Training, Supervision, and Ethics in Family Psychology Training in Family Psychology Supervision in Family Psychology Ethics in Family Psychology Conclusions and Reflections Epilogue: The Art of Science, Practice, and Theory in Family Psychology References Index

"Students in particular will benefit from understanding how systems concepts created the separate but complementary fields of family therapy and family psychology. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - Choice

This significant book explains why family psychology—an entirely different field from family therapy—provides a cutting-edge description of human behavior in context and as such represents the wave of the future in psychology.