Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families, First Edition

William C. Madsen, PhD, is Training Coordinator at the Family Institute of Cambridge. He has spent most of the last 20 years working in public sector mental health with "high-risk," multi-stressed families. Currently a provider of training and consultation to agencies and organizations, Dr. Madsen has developed and administered innovative programs that combine outpatient and home-based services. He has written and presented extensively about the development of strengths-based, collaborative partnerships between families and helpers.

Introduction. Working with Multi-Stressed Families: From Technique to Attitude. What We See Is What We Get: Reexamining Our Assessment Process. Collaboration Is a Two-Way Street: Engaging Reluctant Families. Envisioning New Futures: Developing Collaborative Therapy Contracts with Families. Invitational Interaction: An Anthropological Approach to "Intervening" with Families. Helping Clients Take Apart Old Problems and Put Together New Lives. Elaborating and Solidifying New Lives. Developing Communities to Support New Lives. The Larger Helping System as an Appreciative Audience for New Lives. Envisioning New Futures, Revisioning Human Services.