Main description:

Fully updated and revised, this book contains treatment plan components for forty behaviorally based presenting problems including blended family problems and parenting conflicts. Featuring new Evidence-Based Practice Interventions required by many public funding sources and private insurers, this guide is designed for complementary use with The Family Therapy Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner, Second Edition and Brief Family Therapy Homework Planner, Second Edition . The Second Edition of this step-by-step guide saves marriage and family therapists hours of painstaking paperwork, while providing optimum latitude in developing customized treatment plans for working with families.

Contents:

PracticePlanners (R) Series Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Sample Treatment Plan. Activity/Family Imbalance*. Adolescent/Parent Conflicts*. Adoption Issues*. Alcohol Abuse*. Anger Management*. Anxiety*. Blame*. Blended Family Problems*. Child/Parent Conflicts*. Communication*. Compulsive Behaviors*. Death of a Child*. Death of a Parent*. Dependency Issues*. Depression in Family Members*. Disengagement/Loss of Family Cohesion*. Eating Disorder*. Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse*. Family Activity Disputes. Family Business Conflicts*. Family Member Separation*. Family-of-Origin Interference*. Financial Changes*. Geographic Relocation*. Incest Survivor*. Infidelity*. Inheritance Disputes Between Siblings*. Interfamilial Disputes Over Wills and Inheritance*. Interracial Family Problems. Intolerance/Defensiveness*. Jealously/Insecurity*. Life-threatening/Chronic Illness*. Multiple Birth Dilemmas*. Physical/Verbal/Psychological Abuse*. Religious/Spiritual Conflicts. Reuniting Estranged Family Members. Separation/Divorce*. Sexual Orientation Conflicts*. Traumatic Life Events*. Unwanted/Unplanned Pregnancy*. Appendix A: Bibliotherapy Suggestions. Appendix B: Professional References for Evidence-Based Chapters. Appendix C: Index of DSM-IV-TR(TM) Codes Associated with Presenting Problems. * Indicates that selected Objective/Interventions are consistent with those found in evidence-based treatments.