Family Therapies – A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal

Mark A. Yarhouse is the Hughes Endowed Chair and professor of psychology at Regent University where he directs the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity and is a core faculty member in the doctoral program in clinical psychology. A licensed clinical psychologist, he practices privately in the Virginia Beach area. He is the author of many works, including Understanding Gender Dysphoria. James N. Sells is professor of counseling and director of the PhD program in counselor education and supervision at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is also a licensed psychologist.

Preface



Part I: Foundational Considerations


1. A Christian Understanding for Family Therapy

2. Historical Foundations of Family Therapy



Part II: Models of Family Therapy


3. Bowenian Family Therapy

4. Strategic Family Therapy

5. Structural Family Therapy

6. Psychodynamic Family Therapy

7. Contextual Family Therapy

8. Experiential Family Therapy

9.. Solution-Focused Family Therapy

10. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy

11. Narrative Family Therapy

12. Toward an Integrative Christian Family Therapy



Part III: Integration of Family Theory with Critical Issues in Psychotherapy


13. Crisis and Trauma

14. Attending to Marital Conflict

15. Separation, Divorce, and Remarriage

16. Individual Psychopathology

17. Substance Abuse

18. Gender, Culture, Economic Class, and Race

19. Cohabiting Couples and Families: Christian Counseling's New Reality

20. LGBT+ Couples and Families



Part IV: Casting a Vision


21. Conclusion: Casting a Vision for Christian Family Therapy



Author Index

Subject Index